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The King James Version or Authorized Version of the Holy 
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GETLCSIS ete es car ae ae sar Geshe pe ane ape ae be Map ae nade a ete ae ddl pea ay 1 
EXOGUSs 2s oe, sets States ee lS, Seton ig Pes ok Se otU shat Sep re Asha ttafs sheet, POC acct ss ches ok oh certs hee 44 
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NUIMbePS* 5. escheat hak he hed eka a haa kek ae ce 106 
Deuteronomy, 93: 24 ak ceca Bieta ch ae er an ie et es el ha ae ha, Be ae NS 142 
Osha scat ids te eth: Bie Sd nds Mv ehialks aii ste dvd ipa tty des a Boats 173 
JUD SOS! ws sh Se ae se eek jake Shy yerrdec USN pepe daca oaks ats Oh pecradeea Sak te Ae ndedertals dk Bear secel Rate te 194 
Ruthie 4 gh ea BS Re aE Ge hE US a ble ee th ae Fe 216 
Samuel. Fs osha tis dk oa. 6 ad, 7a anid Chet hes ied Shak Rh Me sauce ct, ste: Gtecestent, “tors, Boats 219 
2 Samuel ga 2. Se igh Pie. te 4 WoO ie Sh OPa. ie OR Ht ok Ae ta, UE ea ie he 247 
TK SS oe coe ated a dere de Bs eae Ride 8 Hey aa he Been aa ah Be a a St 270 
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TChronicles:.% den. oe Goh Dd EE OS Re Ee ee ee ee 323 
2: Chromiclesss*sew Shwe ke he eae ha bt ita a oe dette ty See eee 347 
ZV Ar Si Diss et ee tee we ae oe Bee he, AT bh, Mek oe, EE by atele aha: gee Sa ahalen aes gne Shin gly Thee 377 
Nehemiah .2 4-064. 3 cacao dese aS A oS cg hE a uae deals Gathde wea de wetide weal aed 386 
ESCH Gr visi ohooh ons has Regs hla Boge Roa hsgea hag da. ee pha. sage PS 398 
TObe fife ib a Nes ig Nek BeNOR ch Ae MES Nek My Nec oMa tg Baca, doe Withee “eae 405 
PSALMS bapa abe 9S Gude eked chp ede: eed eee g ee te ded 2 Oe 428 
PLOVENDS Sue fence sk fo, Tosdidagle oh dale kid Ge ok lath ee ek be de. vate Sacchi GAG a ae coe de See ads a 499 
ECCIESIASEES: Bob, ciesisbast GMs Aube Steck Suhel BM bul le Ste hte Be ha ge ale 518 
Song Of Solomon’ a. fai ee eae ds ie Bae ante aE cata ca EE aS 525 
ESET | 1 een a a mn ee ee re 529 
Jereriiiabi ts oe fe Be, dp Be a ah Sep Bat Uy Be, seg Be a es hee BV a wh ia bo BUR ee SS 572 
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Ezekiel), vie x Nps oh hin Rhone he, Rpsth Mabie BiRSR seth ce iets Gk hee Boat aS 623 
Daniel: x. - fem sosge wm ace evans ove ae A es donee eas oo a eS os Ta Soh se 666 
THOS CA Se, Peo St gus Ge Mae jo, Men sSt cb, tre Sate ati oiky cen Og Mosts Mum's Hak car S's ahs oy Ges, ycon ae Wh ee ae Seraen on Be Ge Be cay 680 
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PV OS a soy Paicsas son te escte Bt ah ors base e: AS tat ee sah RAN aN Des Mah Suindad Btn tal Aa deined BARE: Bal OTS 690 
Obadiah’ sso nik weak keke Usk ke Me ks Syed de 4 Wenge WR ee eat 695 
JOVI eh see 5 he Hh a ad SOR: Beh PS NE Ba oe ee ES 696 
Micali wer: Sm ate ae Se ante See ne ee ate Wo a ke ee eS 698 
Malus. 22, ct Pe Ne te Pe Bir a a ire chek het, ee gts aime ek aya cha 702 
Habakkuk 4.0: ge: Sedge ae ade Se ye Se dp Be Ue ai atode die Meal te HR dew oa 704 
Zeplania nye sansa sates tsa psvec ideas stave gydag chee sehen de aactes “Redan de aeothc Mae ot aS 707 
Haggai vcs aokt-aebin hietln Cheba Nae CA ON Boe CA ae ha tba aa he a ae Sta 709 
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Matthews, Sc foci ie tiedth Aled ie dh be Ae'edncetiad h Melee, Madiceeclele dB chee te edule Seabees 722 
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Luke: 5b aaa bate bas deed ate Phe Pe he eke 761 
OHA Sy cr503 eS cry Praise, Maha teeds tae ad nae Mahe danc oh Mtge ban eet alge Lah tad 787 
CESS es deeded cao see thea aT, Wee das" Sinsatdy casbracisic ty aes he cn Hat eho, Seas tes Ooh as Saagn cae ta OA 806 
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DCOV EI ANS 25 ed ts, bse kaye ocd castes sat Gy" rgd fhe, bothd te haste Sy Horse toh bo de Soy) ee pot eh as, 851 
Galatians: «ae cs be ae OL ee EER OSE BS 858 
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Philip pianisy: :%, fhe diese, oe tee are cds aphecray ag garde Gude ae dhlste de estes igi Ge meee 866 
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HebrewSiy: 3 isso oe shaw see ete eS dae De eR es ck Bh enh a eg edt 884 
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Juderkin 3h et ke a Ne Meee Rae ie eNotes ah hoe DER Ww alates 905 


Genesis 1:1 1 Genesis 1:30 


The First Book of Moses, called Genesis 


1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ? And the earth was without form, and 
void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the 
waters. 

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and 
God divided the light from the darkness.” 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called 
Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.t 

6q And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from 
the waters.* 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament 
from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament 
Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 

9q And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the 
dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the 
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, 
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the 
earth: and it was so."* 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and 
the tree yielding 

fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and 
the morning were the third day.tt 

14q And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; 
and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:** 15 And let them be for lights in 
the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great 
lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.8§ 
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, !8 And to rule over 
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.*** 

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl 
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. ttt###888* 21 and God created great 
whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their 
kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, 
saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply 

in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.t 

24 q And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping 
thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 2° And God made the beast of the earth after 
his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and 
God saw that it was good. 

26 q And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and 
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 2” So God created man in his own image, in 
the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God 
said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the 
earth.+ 

29q And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing 

seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding 


seed; to you it shall be for meat.$** 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and 





J 1:4 the light from...: Heb. between the light and between the darkness t 1:5 And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and 
he morning was etc. t 1:6 firmament: Heb. expansion § 1:8 andthe evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was 
etc. ages 1:11 grass: Heb. tender grass tt 1:13 And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc. + 1:14 
he day...: Heb. between the day and between the night 88 1:16 torule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc. te 1:19 And 
he evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc. Tit 1:20 moving: or, creeping Ht 1:20 life: Heb. soul 
888 1220 fowl...: Heb. let fowl fly 4 1:20 open...: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven t 1:23 And the evening...: Heb. And the 


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evening was, and the morning was etc. + 1:28 moveth: Heb. creepeth § 1:29 bearing...: Heb. seeding seed 1:29 yielding...: 








Heb. seeding seed 


Genesis 1:31 2 Genesis 3:5 


to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, Ihave given every green herb for meat: 
and it was so.tt 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the 
evening and the morning were the sixth day.** 


1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day 
God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he 
had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from 
all his work which God created and made.* 

4q These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that 
the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, 
and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, 
and there was not a man to till the ground. © But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the 
whole face of the ground.t 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed 
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.* 

8q And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had 
formed. ° And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, 
and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and 
evil. © And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became 
into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, 
where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. !3 And the 
name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.§ 14 And 
the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth 
river is Euphrates.”” 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress 
it and to keep it.tt 

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely 
eat:+# 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that 
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.8§ 

18q And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help 
meet for him.*** 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every 
fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam 
called every living creature, that was the name thereof.ttt 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and 
to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet 
for him.*## 

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his 
ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 2? And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, 
made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.S$§ 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, 


and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.*t 24 Therefore 
shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 


1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And 
he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” 2 And the 
woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of 
the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch 
it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that 


in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and 
evil. 





tt 1:30 life: Heb. a living soul + 1:31 And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc. . 2:3 created...: 
Heb. created to make i 2:6 there...: or, a mist which went up from, etc. + 2:7 of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground § 2:13 
Ethiopia: Heb. Cush ii 2:14 toward...: or, eastward to Assyria tt 2:15 the man: or, Adam + 2:16 thou...: Heb. eating thou 
shalteat 88 9.17 thou shalt surely...: Heb. dying thou shalt die on 2:18 meet...: Heb. as before him Tit 2:19 Adam: or, the 





* * 
man +t 2:20 gave: Heb. called §§§ 2:22 made: Heb. builded 2:23 Woman: Heb. Isha t 2:23 Man: Heb. Ish 3:1 
Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc. 


Genesis 3:6 3 Genesis 4:14 


6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, 
and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto 
her husband with her; and he did eat.t 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that 
they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.* 8 And they heard 
the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid 
themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.8 

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 1° And he said, I heard 
thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 

4 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I 
commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest 
to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What 
is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all 
cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the 
days of thy life: 45 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her 
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly 
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall 
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.” 

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten 
of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy 
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth 
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;tt 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till 
thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou 
return. 20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.** 21 Unto 
Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 

22 q And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and 
now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore 
the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming 
sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 


1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from 
the LORD.” 2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller 
of the ground.t* 

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering 
unto the LORD.S 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And 
the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:** 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not 
respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou 
doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee 
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.tt#* 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it 
came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 

9q And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my 
brother’s keeper? !° And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto 
me from the ground.S§ 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to 
receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; !2 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth 
yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 

13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.” 14Behold, thou hast 
driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a 
fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall 





iy 3:6 pleasant: Heb. a desire # 3:7 aprons: or, things to gird about § 3:8 cool: Heb. wind a 3:16 to thy...: or, subject to 
thy husband tt 3:18 bring...: Heb. cause to bud #4 3:20 Eve: Heb. Chavah: that is Living fe 4:1 Cain: that is, Gotten, or, 
Acquired t 4:2 Abel: Heb. Hebel t 4:2 a keeper: Heb. a feeder § 43 in process...: Heb. at the end of days of 4:4 flock: 
Heb. sheep, or, goats Tf 4:7 be accepted: or, have the excellency +t 4:7 unto...: or, subject unto thee §§ 4:10 blood: Heb. 
bloods oe 4:13 My...: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven 


Genesis 4:15 4 Genesis 5:30 


slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken 
on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 

16q And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of 
Eden. !’ And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called 
the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.ttT 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad 
begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.*#* 

19q And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other 
Zillah. 2° And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 
21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And 
Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of 
Tubal-cain was Naamah.88$§ 

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken 
unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt." 24If Cain shall 
be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 

25 q And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, 


hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.* 26 And to Seth, to him also there 
was borna son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.S*™* 


1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of 
God made he him; 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, 
in the day when they were created. 

3q And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; 
and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred 
years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and 
thirty years: and he died. 

6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:* 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos 
eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8 And all the days of Seth were nine 
hundred and twelve years: and he died. 

°q And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:t 1° And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight 
hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 1 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred 
and five years: and he died. 

12 q And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:* 13 And Cainan lived after he begat 
Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan 
were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 

15q And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:8 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat 
Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 1” And all the days of Mahalaleel 
were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 

18q And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19 And Jared lived after he 
begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 2° And all the days of Jared were nine 
hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 

21q And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:** 22 And Enoch walked with God 
after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of 
Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God 
took him. 

25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26 And Methuselah 
lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:tt 
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 

28 q And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name 
Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the 
ground which the LORD hath cursed.** 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety 





tit 4:17 Enoch: Heb. Chanoch +44 4:18 Lamech: Heb. Lemech §S§ 4:22 instructer: Heb. whetter * 4:23 Ihave... or, I 
would slay a man in my wound, etc. t 4:23 to my hurt: or, in my hurt # 4:25 Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put § 4.26 
Enos: Heb. Enosh om 4:26 to call...: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord J 5:6 Enos: Heb. Enosh t 5:9 Cainan: Heb. 
Kenan t 5:12 Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel § 5:15 Jared: Heb. Jered “ 5:21 Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala tt 5:26 Lamech: 
Heb, Lemech + 5:29 Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort 


Genesis 5:31 5 Genesis 7:10 


and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 3! And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy 
and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, 
and Japheth. 


1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born 
unto them, ? That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them 
wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that 
he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 

4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto 
the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, 
men of renown. 

5q And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of 
the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. *t 

6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 
7 Andthe LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and 
beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.* 

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 

9 q These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah 
walked with God.§ 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. !2 And God looked 
upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence 
through them; and, behold, | will destroy them with the earth.** 

14q Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and 
without with pitch.tt 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall 
be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 1° A window 
shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou 
set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, 
do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under 
heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will] establish my covenant; and 
thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 19 And 
of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with 
thee; they shall be male and female. 2° Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every 
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for 
food for thee, and for them. 22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 


1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen 
righteous before me in this generation. * Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the 
male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.” 3 Of fowls also 
of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.t 4 For 
yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living 
substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.+ 

5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. © And Noah was six hundred 
years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 

7q And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because 
of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every 
thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and 
the female, as God had commanded Noah. 1° And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of 
the flood were upon the earth.§ 





6:5 every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires 
aK 
t 6:5 continually: Heb. every day # 67 both...: Heb. from man unto beast § 6:9 perfect: or, upright 6:13 with the earth: 
* 
or, from the earth tt 6:14 rooms: Heb. nests 7:2. by sevens: Heb. seven seven t 7:3 by sevens: Heb. seven seven t 7:4 


destroy: Heb. blot out § 7:10 after...: or, on the seventh day 


Genesis 7:11 6 Genesis 8:21 


11q In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, 
the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were 


opened.** 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s 
wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; !4 They, and every beast after his kind, 
and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, 
and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.tt 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, 
two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 1° And they that went in, went in male and female 
of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 

17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and 
it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; 
and the ark went upon the face of the waters. !9 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; 
and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 2°Fifteen cubits upward did the 
waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 2? All in whose nostrils was the breath of 
life, of all that was in the dry land, died.** 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon 
the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and 
they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the 
ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 


1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: 
and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep 
and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters 
returned from off the earth continual: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters 
were abated.” 

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains 

of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the 
first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.* 
6 q And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he 
had made: 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up 
from off the earth.* 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the 
face of the ground; ° But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him 
into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took 
her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.§ 10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent 
forth the dove out of the ark; 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was 
an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. !? And he stayed 
yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 

13 q And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the 
month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and 
looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. ! And in the second month, on the seven and 
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 

15 q And God spake unto Noah, saying, !¢ Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and 
thy sons’ wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both 
of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed 
abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his 
sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: !9 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, 
and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.** 

20q And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, 
and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled 

a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s 
sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more 








ok * 
7:11 windows: or, floodgates tt 7:14 sort: Heb. wing + 7:22 the breath...: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life 8:3 
continually: Heb. in going and returning t 8:5 decreased...: Heb. were in going and decreasing + 8:7 to...: Heb. in going forth 


aK 
and returning § 8:9 pulled...: Heb. caused her to come 8:19 kinds: Heb. families 


Genesis 8:22 7 Genesis 10:12 


every thing living, as I have done.tt## 22 while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold 
and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.S$ 


1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth. ? And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon 
every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your 
hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb 
have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at 
the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. © Whoso sheddeth 
man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. ’ And you, be ye 
fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 

8 q And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, ° And I, behold, I establish my 
covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 1° And with every living creature that is with you, of 
the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every 
beast of the earth. ! And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any 
more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living 
creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 131 do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for 
a token of a covenant between me and the earth. !4 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud 
over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which 
is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become 
a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may 
remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the 
earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between 
me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 

18q And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is 
the father of Canaan.” 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, 
and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the 
nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, 
and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; 
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness. 

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he 
said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be 
the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.t 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall 
dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.* 

28 q And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were 
nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. 


1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were 
sons born after the flood. 2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, 
and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the 
sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.” 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles 
divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 

6q And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, 
and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And 
Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the 
LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 1° And the beginning 
of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.t "! Out of that land 
went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,*§ 12 and Resen between 





tt 8:21 a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction + 8:21 for the imagination: or, through the imagination S§ 8.29 
* 
While...: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth 9:18 Canaan: Heb. Chenaan t 9:26 his servant: or, servant to them + 9:27 
* 
enlarge: or, persuade 10:4 Dodanim: or, as some read it, Rodanim t 10:10 Babel: Gr. Babylon t 10:11 went...: or, he went 


out into Assyria S i0:11 the city...: or, the streets of the city 


Genesis 10:13 8 Genesis 11:30 


Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, 
and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 


15 q And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,” 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the 
Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and 
the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border 
of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, 
and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.'t 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their 
families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 

21 q Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even 
to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and 
Aram.** 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat 
Salah; and Salah begat Eber.8§ 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in 


his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.*** 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, 
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and 
Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 3° And 
their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. 3! These are the sons 
of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the 
families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations 
divided in the earth after the flood. 


11 
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.*t 2 And it came to pass, as they 
journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.+ 3 And 
they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for 


stone, and slime had they for morter.8** 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose 
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the 
whole earth. 

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. ® And 
the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: 
and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, 
and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. 8So the LORD 
scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the 
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.tt 

10 q These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two 
years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons 
and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived 
fter he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived 
hirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and 


egat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:¥* 17 And Eber lived 
fter he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived 
hirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and 
egat sons and daughters. 2° And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:S8 2! And Reu lived 
fter he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived 
hirty years, and begat Nahor: 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat 


ons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:*** 25 And Nahor lived 
fter he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived 
seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 

27 q Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat 
Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And 
Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, 
Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 3° But Sarai was barren; 


ap 


Otroaomac 





© 





* 10:15 Sidon: Heb. Tzidon tt 10:19 Gaza: Heb. Azzah + 10:22 Arphaxad: Heb. Arpachshad $8 10:24 salah: Heb. Shelah 

- 10:25 Peleg: that is Division z 11:1 language: Heb. lip. t 11:1 speech: Heb. words + 11:2 from...: or, eastward § 11:3 

they said...: Heb. a man said to his neighbour 7 11:3 burn...: Heb. burn them to a burning tt 11:9 Babel: that is, Confusion 
+H 11:16 Peleg: Gr. Phalec 88 11:20 Serug: Gr. Saruch ne 11:24 Terah: Gr. Thara 


Genesis 11:31 9 Genesis 13:12 


she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai 
his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to 
go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were 
two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. 


12 

1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from 
thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will 
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless 
thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 

4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was 
seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot 
his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in 
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 

6q And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the 
Canaanite was then in the land.* 7 And the LORD appeared 

unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the 
LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, 
and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar 
unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. ? And Abram journeyed, going on still toward 


the south.t 

10 q And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the 
famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that 
he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: !? Therefore 
it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they 
will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with 
me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. 

14q And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman 
that she was very fair. 5 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and 
the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had 
sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And 
the LORD plagued 

Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. 18 And Pharaoh called 
Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was 
thy wife? !9 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore 
behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 2° And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and 
they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. 


13 

1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the 
south, 2? And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from 
the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el 
and Hai; ¢ Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on 
the name of the LORD. 

5 q And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. ® And the land was not 
able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not 
dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of 
Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, 
Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; 
for we be brethren.” 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou 
wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the 
left. 

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, 
before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of 
Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 1! Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: 
and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and 





* * 
12:6 plain: Heb. plains t 12:9 going...: Heb. in going and journeying 13:8 brethren: Heb. men brethren 


Genesis 13:13 10 Genesis 15:5 


Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were 
wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. 

14q And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, 
and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For 
all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 1° And I will make thy seed 
as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be 
numbered. 1’ Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give 
it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in 


Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.t 
14 


1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer 
king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; ? That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha 
king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which 
is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they 
served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came 
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and 
the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,’ 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto 
El-paran, which is by the wilderness.t 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, 
and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. ® And 
there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of 
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, 
and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 1° And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the 
kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. 4 And 
they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. !2 And they 
took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 

13. q And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of 
Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.* 
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in 
his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.$*™* 15 And he divided himself 
against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is 
on the left hand of Damascus. !¢ And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother 
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 

17q And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, 
and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. 18 And Melchizedek 
king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he 
blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 2° And 
blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him 
tithes of all. 

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.tt 
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, 
the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I 
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that 
which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and 
Mamre; let them take their portion. 


15 

1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I 
am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 

2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my 
house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, 
one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This 
shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And 
he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able 





* 

# 13:18 plain: Heb. plains 14:5 Shaveh...: or, The plain of Kiriathaim t 14:6 El-paran: or, The plain of Paran + 14:13 plain: 
aK 

Heb. plains § 14:14 armed: or, led forth 14:14 trained: or, instructed tt 14:21 persons: Heb. souls 


Genesis 15:6 11 Genesis 17:5 


to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. © And he believed in the LORD; and he 
counted it to him for righteousness. 

7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this 
land to inherit it. § And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said 
unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three 
years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. !° And he took unto him all these, and divided them 
in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. ! And when the 
fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great 
darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger 
ina land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And 
also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great 
substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 1 But 
in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, 


and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.” 18In the same day the LORD made a covenant 
with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, 
the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 2° And the Hittites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and 
the Jebusites. 


1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name 
was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I 
pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to 
the voice of Sarai.” 3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt 
ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 

4q And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her 
mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given 
my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the 
LORD judge between me and thee. © But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to 
her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.t# 

7q And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain 
in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou 
go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, 
Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 

10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be 
numbered for multitude. 1! And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and 
shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.S 12 And 
he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he 
shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto 
her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? 4 Wherefore 
the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.** 

15 q And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 


1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, 


Lam the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.* 2 And I will make my covenant between 
me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with 
him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither 
shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations 





7 15:17 a burning...: Heb. a lamp of fire ‘i 16:2 obtain...: Heb. be built by her t 16:6 as...: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes 
KK 
t 16:6 dealt...: Heb. afflicted her § 16:11 Ishmael: that is, God shall hear 16:14 Beer-lahai-roi: that is, The well of him that 


* 
liveth and seeth me 17:1 perfect: or, upright, or, sincere t 17:4 many...: Heb. multitude of nations 


Genesis 17:6 12 Genesis 18:13 


have I made thee.* 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings 
shall come out of thee. 

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations 
for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ® And I will give unto 
thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an 
everlasting possession; and I will be their God.S 

9 q And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after 
thee in their generations. 1° This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy 
seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 1! And ye shall circumcise the flesh 
of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight 
days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the 


house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.** 13 He that is born in thy house, 
and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your 
flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is 
not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 

15q And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah 


shall her name be.tt 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and 


she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.¥* 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, 
and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and 
shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live 
before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name 
Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after 
him. 2° And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, 
and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 
21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the 
next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 

23q And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought 
with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their 
foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, 
when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, 
when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, 
and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the 
stranger, were circumcised with him. 


18 
1And the LORD appeared 


unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;* 2 And he lift up 
his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from 
the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour 
in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and 
wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye 
your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, 
as thou hast said.t* © and Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly 
three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.§ 7 And Abraham ran unto the 
herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. And 
he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by 
them under the tree, and they did eat. 

9q And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. !° And he said, 
I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. 
And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. !! Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well 
stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. !? Therefore Sarah laughed 
within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 3 And the 
LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am 





RK 
# 17:5 Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude S 17:8 wherein...: Heb. of thy sojournings 17:12 he that is eight...: Heb. 
* 
a son of eight days tt 17:15 Sarah: that is Princess +H 17:16 she...: Heb. she shall become nations 18:1 plain: Heb. plains 
t 18:5 comfort: Heb. stay + 18:5 are...: Heb. you have passed § 18:6 Make ready...: Heb. Hasten 


Genesis 18:14 13 Genesis 19:16 


old? 141s any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according 
to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was 
afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 

16 q And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them 
to bring them on the way. 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth 
shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after 
him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring 
upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 2° And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and 
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 2!I will go down now, and see whether they 
have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And 
the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the 
LORD. 

23 q And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place 
for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the 
righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall 
not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within 
the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 2”? And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, 
T have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure there shall 
lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there 
forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there 
shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let 
not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I 
will not do it, if 1 find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the 
Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s 
sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten 
shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. 33 And the LORD went his way, as 
soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. 


19 

1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them 
rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold 
now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, 
and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all 
night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; 
and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 

4q But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house 
round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said 
unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may 
know them. © And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, ’ And said, I pray 
you, brethren, do not so wickedly. ® Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let 
me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these 
men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. 
And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal 
worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to 
break the door. !°But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut 
to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small 
and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 

12q And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy 
daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy 
this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath 
sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, 
and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that 
mocked unto his sons in law. 

15 q And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and 


thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.*t 16 And while 





* 
19:15 are here: Heb. are found t 19:15 iniquity: or, punishment 


Genesis 19:17 14 Genesis 20:12 


he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his 
two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without 
the city. 

17q And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; 
look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, 
and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot 
escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 2° Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, 
and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 2! And he 
said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, 
for the which thou hast spoken.* 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be 
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.§ 

23 q The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 

24Then the LORD raine 

upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he 
overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew 
upon the ground. 

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 

27q And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: 28 And 
he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the 
smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 

29q And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, 
and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 

30 q And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for 
he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said 
unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the 
manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we 
may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn 
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And 
it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with 
my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may 
preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger 
arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were 
both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his 
name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a 
son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. 


1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and 
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2? And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech 
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 

3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, 
for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.” 4But Abimelech had not come near her: 
and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and 
she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands 
have I done this.t And God said unto him ina dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity 
of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch 
her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou 
shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things 
in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, 
What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on 
my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. !° And Abimelech 
said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11 And Abraham said, Because I 
thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. 12 And yet 





ct * 
t 19:21 thee: Heb. thy face S 19:22 zoar: that is, Little 19:23 risen: Heb. gone forth 20:3 a man’s...: Heb. married to 


an husband t 20:5 integrity: or, simplicity, or, sincerit 
grity; plicity, 2 


Genesis 20:13 15 Genesis 21:32 


indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she 
became my wife. !3 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that 
I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall 
come, say of me, He is my brother. 

M4 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto 
Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell 
where it pleaseth thee.* 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces 
of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus 
she was reproved. 

174 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; 
and they bare children. 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, 
because of Sarah Abraham’s wife. 


1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. ? For 
Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to 
him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, 
Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 

6q And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she 
said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born 
him a son in his old age. ® And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the 
same day that Isaac was weaned. 

9 q And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this 
bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. ™ And the thing was very grievous in 
Abrahams sight because of his son. 

12q And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because 
of thy bondwoman, in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy 
seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 

M4 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto 
Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in 
the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one 
of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: 
for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, 
and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, 
and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he 
is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God 
opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave 
the lad drink. 2° And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an 
archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of 
Egypt. 

22q And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake 
unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here 
by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according 
to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast 
sojourned.” 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of 
water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath 
done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 2” And Abraham took 
sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham 
set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these 
seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 3° And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt 
thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 3! Wherefore he 
called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.t 32 Thus they made a covenant 
at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned 
into the land of the Philistines. 





* 
t 20:15 where...: Heb. as is good in thine eyes 21:23 that thou...: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me it 21:31 Beer-sheba: that is, 
The well of the oath 


Genesis 21:33 16 Genesis 23:10 


33 q And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the 
everlasting God.* 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days. 


22. 

1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: 
and he said, Behold, here I am.” 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou 
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the 
mountains which I will tell thee of. 

3q And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men 
with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the 
place of which God had told him. 4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place 
afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and J and the lad will 
go yonder and worship, and come again to you. © And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, 
and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them 
together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my 
son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?t 8 And 
Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them 
together. ? And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, 
and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. !° And 
Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 

1 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he 
said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: 
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his 
horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his 
son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount 
of the LORD it shall be seen. 

15q And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, !¢ And said, By 
myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy 
son, thine only son: !” That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as 
the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the 
gate of his enemies;S 8 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast 
obeyed my voice. !9So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to 
Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 

20q And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath 
also born children unto thy brother Nahor; 2! Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the 
father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat 
Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother."* 24 And his concubine, whose 
name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. 


1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to 
mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 

3 q And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4I am a 
stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury 
my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, ® Hear us, my 
lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall 
withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.” 7 And Abraham stood up, and 
bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. And he communed with them, 
saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to 
Ephron the son of Zohar, ° That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the 
end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace 
amongst you.t 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered 





t 21:33 grove: or, tree : 22:1 Behold...: Heb, Behold me t 22:7 lamb: or, kid t 22:14 Jehovah-jireh: that is, The Lord will 


aK * 
see, or, provide § 22:17 shore: Heb. lip 22:23 Rebekah: Gr. Rebecca 23:6 a mighty...: Heb. a prince of God t 23:9 as 
much...: Heb. full money 


Genesis 23:11 17 Genesis 24:23 


Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, 
saying,* 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the 
presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself 
before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, 
saying, But if thou wilt give it, | pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and 
Iwill bury my dead there. !4 AndEphron answered Abraham, saying unto him, !5 My lord, hearken unto 
me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore 
thy dead. 

16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had 
named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the 
merchant. 

17q And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the 
cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, 
were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all 
that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the 
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 2° And the field, and the 
cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of 
Heth. 


24 

1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.” 
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, 
thy hand under my thigh: 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God 
of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among 
whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son 
Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto 
this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? © And Abraham 
said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 

7q The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, 
and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall 
send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman 
will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son 
thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him 
concerning that matter. 

10q And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of 


his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.t 1 And he 
made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the 


time that women go out to draw water.* 12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, 
send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand here by 
the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: !4 And let it come 
to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and 
she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed 
for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 

15q And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born 
to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went 
down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.§ 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, 
Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, 
and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him 
drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 2° And she hasted, 
and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all 
his camels. 2! And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his 
journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took 


a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;"* 
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us 





* 
+ 23:10 audience: Heb. ears 24:1 well...: Heb. gone into days t 24:10 for: or, and + 24:11 that...: Heb. that women who 


aK 
draw water go forth § 24:16 very...: Heb. good of countenance 24:22 earring: or, jewel for the forehead 


Genesis 24:24 18 Genesis 24:63 


to lodge in? 24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare 
unto Nahor. 25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to 
lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. 27 And he said, Blessed 
be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his 
truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren. 28 And the damsel 
ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things. 

29 q And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the 
well. 3° And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when 
he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the 
man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; 
wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 

32. q And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender 
for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him. 33 And there was set 
meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak 
on. 34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he 
is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and 
maidservants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she 
was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou 
shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: 38 But thou 
shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my 
master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 4° And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom 
I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my 
kindred, and of my father’s house: 4! Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest 
to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 4? And I came this day 
unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I 
go: 43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth 
to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 44 And she say 
to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD 
hath appointed out for my master’s son. 45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, 
Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew 
water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher 
from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the 
camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter 
of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the 
bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the 
LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s 
daughter unto his son. 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, 
tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 5° Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, 
The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 5! Behold, Rebekah is 
before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken. 52 And 
it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing 
himself to the earth. 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, 
and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.tt 

54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they 
rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother 
said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.*¥ 56 And he said 
unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to 
my master. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. °° And they called 
Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away 
Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. © And they blessed Rebekah, 
and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed 
possess the gate of those which hate them. 

61q And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and 
the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 

62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. ® And Isaac 
went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the 





tt 24:53 jewels: Heb. vessels +t 24:55 a few...: or, a full year, or ten months 


Genesis 24:64 19 Genesis 26:4 


camels were coming.8§ 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the 
camel. © For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And 
the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. 6 And the servant 
told Isaac all things that he had done. 7 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took 
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. 


25 

1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bare him Zimran, and 
Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And 
the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and 
Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 

5 q And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. © But unto the sons of the concubines, which 
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, 
unto the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred 
threescore and fifteen years. 8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, 
and full of years; and was gathered to his people. ° And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the 
cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 1° The 
field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 

11 q And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt 
by the well Lahai-roi. 

12 q Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s 
handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, 
according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:* 16 These 
are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes 
according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and 
seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. 18 And they dwelt 
from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence 
of all his brethren.t 

19q And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: 2° And Isaac was 
forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the 
sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and 
the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together 
within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. 23 And the 
LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from 
thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the 
younger. 

24 q And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And 
the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. ?6 And after that 
came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac 
was threescore years old when she bare them. 2” And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a 
man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did 
eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.* 

29 q And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 3° And Esau said to Jacob, 
Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.S** 
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and 
what profit shall this birthright do to me?t 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto 
him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. °4 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and 
he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. 


1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And 
Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. ? And the LORD appeared 

unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in 
this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all 
these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 And I will make 





* 

8§ 24:63 to meditate: or, to pray 25:15 Hadar: or, Hadad t 25:18 died: Heb. fell + 25:28 he...: Heb. venison was in his 
ct 

mouth § 25:30 with...: Heb. with that red, with that red pottage 25:30 Edom: that is Red tt 25:32 at...: Heb. going to die 


Genesis 26:5 20 Genesis 27:4 


thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy 
seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept 
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 

6q And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is 
my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for 
Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, 
that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting 
with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and 
how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because | said, Lest I die for her. 1° And 
Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with 
thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, 
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD 


blessed him.” 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 
t 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the 


Philistines envied him.* 1 For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of 
Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech 
said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. 

17q And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And 
Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the 
Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names 
by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well 
of springing water.S 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water 
is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.** 21 And they digged 


another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.tt 22 And he removed from 
thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; 
and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.** 23 And 
he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared 

unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, 
and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. 25 And he builded an altar 
there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants 
digged a well. 

26 q Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief 
captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and 
have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and 
we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant 
with thee;8§ 2° That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto 
thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.”** 
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 3! And they rose up betimes in the morning, 
and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it 
came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they 
had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name 
of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.1tt### 

34 q And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, 
and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to 
Rebekah.S8§ 


1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he 
called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And 
he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy 


weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 4 And make me 





‘s 26:12 received: Heb. found t 26:13 went...: Heb. went going t 26:14 servants: or, husbandry § 26:19 springing: Heb. 
living sid 26:20 Esek: that is, Contention tt 26:21 Sitnah: that is, Hatred +f 26:22 Rehoboth: that is Room §§ 26:28 We 
saw...: Heb, Seeing we saw ae 26:29 That...: Heb. If thou shalt ttt 26:33 Shebah: That is, an oath +t 26:33 Beer-sheba: 
that is, the well of the oath S88 96:35 grief...: Heb. bitterness of spirit e 27:3 take: Heb. hunt 


Genesis 27:5 21 Genesis 27:42 


savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. 
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, 
and to bring it. 

6q And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy 
brother, saying, ’ Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before 
the LORD before my death. ®Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command 
thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them 
savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: 1° And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, 
and that he may bless thee before his death. 1! And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau 
my brother is a hairy man, and 1 am a smooth man: !? My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall 
seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said 
unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, 
and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father 
loved. 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, 
and put them upon Jacob her younger son:t 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his 
hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she 
had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 

18q And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: 
arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 2° And Isaac said unto his son, 
How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it 
to me.* 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou 
be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The 
voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his 
hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very son 
Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my 
soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he 
drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 2” And he came near, 
and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of 
my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of 
heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and nations 
bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be 
every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 

30q And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce 
gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And 
he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father 
arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. 3? And Isaac his father said unto him, 
Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, 
and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before 
thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.8** 34 And when Esau heard the words 
of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me 
also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away 
my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved 
a blessing for me?tt 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and 
all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and 
what shall I do now unto thee, my son?*# 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, 
my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac 
his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of 
the dew of heaven from above;S$ 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and 
it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy 
neck. 

41 q And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said 
in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And 





i 27:15 goodly: Heb. desirable + 27:20 to me: Heb. before me § 27:33 trembled...: Heb. trembled with a great trembling greatly 


ok 
27:33 taken: Heb. hunted tt 27:36 Jacob: that is, A supplanter + 27:37 sustained: or, supported S8 47.39 the fatness: 
or, of the fatness 


Genesis 27:43 22 Genesis 29:6 


these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger 
son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to 
kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away; *° Until thy brother’s anger turn 
away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from 
thence: why should] be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary 
of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these 
which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? 


1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take 
a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s 
father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother. 3 And God 
Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of 
people;* 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest 
inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away 
Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, 
Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. 

6 q When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take hima wife 
from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the 
daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;* 9 Then went Esau unto 
Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the 
sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.§ 


10q And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.” 1 And he lighted upon acertain 
place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and 
put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder 
set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and 
descending on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, lam the LORD God of Abraham thy 
father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And 
thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, 
and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be 
blessed.tt 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will 
bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to 
thee of. 

16 q And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it 
not. !7 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, 
and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he 
had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the 
name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.** 20 And Jacob vowed a 
vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, 
and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be 
my God: 2? And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt 
give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. 


29 

1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.*t 2 And he looked, 
and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well 
they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks 
gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone 
again upon the well’s mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And 
they said, Of Haran are we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, 
We know him. © And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his 





* 
28:3 a multitude...: Heb. an assembly of people t 28:4 wherein...: Heb. of thy sojournings t 28:8 pleased...: Heb. were evil in 
aK 
the eyes, etc § 28:9 Mahalath: or, Bashemath 28:10 Haran: Gr. Charran a 28:14 spread...: Heb. break forth +4 28:19 
* 
Beth-el: that is, The house of God 29:1 went...: Heb. lift up his feet t 29:1 people: Heb. children 


Genesis 29:7 23 Genesis 30:11 


daughter cometh with the sheep.* 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle 
should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.8 8 And they said, We cannot, 
until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we 
water the sheep. 

9q And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them. !° And 
it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of 
Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and 
watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. ! And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, 
and wept. !2 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and 
she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s 
son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And 
he told Laban all these things.”* 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And 
he abode with him the space of a month.tt 

15q And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for 
nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 1° And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was 
Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and 
well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger 
daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another 
man: abide with me. 2° And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few 
days, for the love he had to her. 

21q And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in 
the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 24 And 
Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. 5 And it came to pass, that in 
the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not 
I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 2¢ And Laban said, It must not 
be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.** 27 Fulfil her week, and we will 
give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob 
did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 2? And Laban gave to 
Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 3° And he went in also unto Rachel, and he 
loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 

31q And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 
32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD 
hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.8§ 33 And she conceived again, 
and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me 
this son also: and she called his name Simeon.*** 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, 
Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was 


his name called Levi.ttt 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will praise the 
LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. +##8$S 


30 


1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, 
Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, AmI in God’s 
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, 
go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.” 4 And she 
gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. > And Bilhah conceived, and bare 
Jacob a son. © And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given 
me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.t 7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare 
Jacob a second son. ® And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have 
prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.#§ 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took 
Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. !° And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. | And Leah 





RK 
+ 29:6 Is he...: Heb. Is there peace to him? § 29:7 it is...: Heb. yet the day is great 29:13 tidings: Heb. hearing tt 29:14 
KK 
the space...: Heb. a month of days + 29:26 country: Heb. place §8 49:32 Reuben: that is, See a son 29:33 Simeon: 
that is, Hearing ttt 29:34 Levi: that is, Joined $44 29:35 Judah: that is, Praise §8§ 29:35 left...: Heb. stood from bearing 


* 
30:3 have...: Heb. be built by her t 30:6 Dan: that is, Judging + 30:8 great...: Heb. wrestlings of God § 30:8 Naphtali: that 
is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim 


Genesis 30:12 24 Genesis 31:4 


said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad."* 12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second 
son. 3 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name 
Asher. 1t## 

14q And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought 
them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes. 
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take 
away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s 
mandrakes. 1° And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, 
Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her 
that night. !7 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And 
Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called 
his name Issachar.8§ 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God 
hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six 


sons: and she called his name Zebulun.””* 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name 
Dinah. ttt 

22 q And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she 
conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name 
Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.*#* 

25 q And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, 
that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 2 Give me my wives and my children, for whom 
I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 27 And Laban 
said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience 
that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 3° For 
it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath 
blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?§8S* 31 And he 
said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing 
for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: 321 will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from 
thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted 
and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for 
me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and 


spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.t 34 And 
Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats 
that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one 
that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 
36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. 

37q And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white 
strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had 
pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they 
should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought 
forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 4° And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces 
of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks 
by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger 
cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might 
conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were 
Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and 
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. 


31 
1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; 
and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance 
of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.” 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto 
the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and 1 will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel 





sk 
30:11 Gad: that is, A troop, or, company i 30:13 Happy...: Heb. In my happiness + 30:13 Asher: that is, Happy 8§ 30:18 
RK 
Issachar: that is, An hire 30:20 Zebulun: that is, Dwelling: Gr. Zabulon Tt 30:21 Dinah: that is Judgment Ht 30:24 
* 
Joseph: that is, Adding §8§ 30:30 increased: Heb. broken forth 30:30 since...: Heb. at my foot t 30:33 in time...: Heb. to 


* 
morrow 31:2 as before: Heb. as yesterday and the day before 


Genesis 31:5 25 Genesis 31:42 


and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is 
not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. © And ye know that with all 
my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten 
times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then 
all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the 
cattle ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 1° And 
it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, 


and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.t 11 And 
the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up 
now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: 
for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. !31 am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the 
pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto 
the land of thy kindred. !4 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or 
inheritance for us in our father’s house? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, 
and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, 
that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 

17q Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; !8 And he carried away all his 
cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan- 
aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. !9 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and 


Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.* 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the 


Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.8 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed 
over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 2? And it was told Laban on the third day that 
Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and 
they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and 


said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.** 

25 q Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his 
brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 2° And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou 
hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might 
have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?tt 28 And hast not suffered 
me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. ?°It is in the power 
of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou 
heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 3° And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, 
because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? 31 And 
Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by 
force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our 
brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had 
stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ 
tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent. 34 Now 
Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban 
searched all the tent, but found them not.** 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord 
that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not 
the images. 

36 q And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my 
trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched 
all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy 
brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.8§ 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes 
and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which 
was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether 
stolen by day, or stolen by night. 4° Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by 
night; and my sleep departed 

from mine eyes. 4! Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for 
thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except 
the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst 





aK 
t 31:10 rams: or, he goats t 31:19 images: Heb. teraphim 8 31:20 unawares...: Heb. the heart of Laban 31:24 either...: 
Heb. from good to bad tt 31:27 steal...: Heb. hast stolen me ++ 31:34 searched: Heb. felt 8§ 31:37 searched: Heb. felt 


Genesis 31:43 26 Genesis 32:22 


sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee 
yesternight. 

43 q And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children 
are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can] do this day 
unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, 
let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob tooka 
stone, and set it up fora pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, 
and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but 


Jacob called it Galeed.”** ttt 48 and Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. 
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me 
and thee, when we are absent one from another.*#* 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou 
shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and 
thee; 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and 
that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and 
the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father 
Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they 
did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.S8§ 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and 
kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. 


32 

1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, 
This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.” 

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of 
Edom.t 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob 
saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, 
flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in 
thy sight. 

6q And the messengers returned 

to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred 
men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with 
him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; ® And said, If Esau come to the one 
company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 

9q And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst 
unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 1°I am not worthy 
of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with 


my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.* 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from 
the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the 
mother with the children.§ 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the 
sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 

13 q And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for 
Esau his brother; !4Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And 
he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, 
Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. !”7 And he commanded the foremost, 
saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither 
goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it 
is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. !9 And so commanded he the 
second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto 
Esau, when ye find him. 2° And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I 
will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure 


he will accept of me.** 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the 
company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his 





ok 
31:47 Jegar-sahadutha: that is, The heap of witness, Chaldee ttt 31:47 Galeed: that is, The heap of witness, Heb. $44 31:49 
* 
Mizpah: that is, A beacon, or, watchtower §8§ 31:54 offered...: or, killed beasts 32:2 Mahanaim: that is, Two hosts, or, camps 
2K 
t 32:3 country: Heb. field # 32:10 Iam not...: Heb. I am less than all § 32:11 with: Heb. upon 32:20 of me: Heb. my face 


Genesis 32:23 27 Genesis 34:4 


eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and 
sent over that he had.tt 

24 q And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.** 
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the 
hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day 
breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is 
thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for 
as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.S$ 29 And Jacob asked him, and 
said, Tell me, I pray thee: thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? 
And he blessed him there. 3° And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to 
face, and my life is preserved.”** 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted 
upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the 
hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that 
shrank. 


33 

1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. 
And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put 
the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph 
hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until 
he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and 
kissed him: and they wept. 

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? 
And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.” °Then the handmaidens came 
near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, 
and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he 
said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of 
my lord.t 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob 
said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for 
therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, 
and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.8 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, 
and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are 
tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, 
all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, 
according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my 
lord unto Seir.”* 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And 
he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.tt## 

16 q So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built 
him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.8§ 

18 q And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came 
from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.”** 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where 
he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces 
of money.ttt### 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.$$§ 


1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the 
land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, 


and lay with her, and defiled her.” 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved 
the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.t 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, 





tt 32:23 sent them: Heb. caused to pass a 32:24 breaking...: Heb. ascending of the morning S8 32.28 Israel: that is, A prince 
of God fi 32:30 Peniel: that is, The face of God i 33:5 with...: Heb. to thee t 33:8 What...: Heb. What is all this band to thee? 
t 33:9 keep...: Heb. be that to thee that is thine 8 33:11 enough: Heb. all things on 33:14 according...: Heb. according to the foot 
of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children tt 33:15 leave: Heb. set, or, place +t 33:15 What...: Heb. Wherefore 
isthis? 88 33:17 succoth: that is, Booths nas 33:18 Shechem: Gr. Sychem Tit 33:19 Hamor: Gr. Emmor Ht 33:19 


pieces...: or, lambs S88 33:20 El-elohe-tsrael: that is God the God of Israel - 34:2 defiled...: Heb. humbled her t 34:3 kindly...: 
Heb. to the heart of the damsel 


Genesis 34:5 28 Genesis 35:8 


Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons 
were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. 

6q And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of 
Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, 
because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I 
pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and 
take our daughters unto you. 1° And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and 
trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. !! And Shechem said unto her father and unto her 
brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so 
much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had 
defiled Dinah their sister: 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to 
one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: 45 But in this will we consent unto you: 
If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; 16 Then will we give our daughters unto 
you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be 
gone. 

18 And their words pleased 

Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he 
had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 


20q And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men 
of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade 
therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, 
and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to 
be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 2° Shall not their cattle 
and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will 
dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate 
of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 


25 q And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon 
and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the 
males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out 
of Shechem’s house, and went out.* 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, 
because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and 
that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little 
ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 3° And Jacob said to 
Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among 
the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together 
against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with 
our sister as with an harlot? 


35 


1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto 
God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said 
unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and 
be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an 
altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which 
were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. ° And they journeyed: and 
the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the 
sons of Jacob. 

6 { So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that 
were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared 
unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.” 8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was 
buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.t 





* 
# 34:26 edge: Heb. mouth 35:7 El-beth-el: that is, The God of Beth-el t 35:8 Allon-bachuth: that is, The oak of weeping 


Genesis 35:9 29 Genesis 36:21 


9 q And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 1° And 
God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall 
be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 1! And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful 
and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I 
give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set 
up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering 
en oe he poured oil thereon. 5 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with 

im, Beth-el. 

16q And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel 
travailed, and she had hard labour.+ 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the 
midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was 
in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.$** 
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 2° And Jacob set a pillar 
upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. 

21q And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when 
Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard 
it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and 
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the 
sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, 
and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 

27 q And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, 
where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: 
and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 


36 


1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. ? Esau took his wives of the daughters of 
Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of 


Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.* 4 And Adah bare to Esau 
Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are 
the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. © And Esau took his wives, and 
his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all 
his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his 
brother Jacob.t 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein 
they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau 
is Edom. 

°q And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:* 1° These are the 
names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of 


Esau. 1! And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.8 12 And Timna was 
concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s 
wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the 
sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife. 
4q And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s 
wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 
5 q These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, 
duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, !©Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes 
that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 
7q And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke 
Mizzah: es are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath 
Esau’s wife. 
8q And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these 
were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. !9 These are the sons of Esau, 
who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 

20q These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and 
Anah, 2! And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in 








aK 
# 35:16 a little...: Heb. a little piece of ground § 35:18 Ben-oni: that is, The son of my sorrow 35:18 Benjamin: that is, The 


* 
son of the right hand 36:3 Bashemath: or, Mahalath t 36:6 persons: Heb. souls # 36:9 the Edomites: Heb. Edom 8 36:11 
Zepho: or, Zephi 


Genesis 36:22 30 Genesis 37:20 


the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.”” 
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.t## 24 and 
these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the 
wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, 
and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, 
and Ithran, and Cheran.8§ 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.”** 28 The 
children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, 
duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 3° Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that 
came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 

31q And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the 
children of Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and 
Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, 
who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And 
Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by 
the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 
39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was 


Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.1 Tt 40 and 
these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by 
their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,### 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, 
according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.S§§ 


37 


1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.” 2 These are 
the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; 
and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph 
brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because 
he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.t 4 And when his brethren saw 
that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably 
unto him. 

5 q And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. ®And 
he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding 
sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood 
round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign 
over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, 
and for his words. 

9q And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a 
dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. !° And he 
told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this 
dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down 
ourselves to thee to the earth? !! And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. 

12 q And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to 
him, Here am I. 4 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and 
well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came 
to Shechem.* 

15q And acertain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, 
saying, What seekest thou? 1¢ And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed 
their flocks. 17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. 
And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, 
even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to 


another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.S 2° Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into 





sk 
36:22 Hemam: or, Homam tt 36:23 Alvan: or, Alian + 36:23 Shepho: or, Shephi §§ 36:26 Hemdan: or, Amram 
am 
36:27 Akan: or, Jakan ttt 36:39 Hadar, Pau: or, Hadad, Pai: after his death was an Aristocracy $44 36:40 Alvah: or, Aliah 
* 
S88 36:43 the Edomites: Heb. Edom 37:1 wherein...: Heb. of his father’s sojournings t 37:3 colours: or, pieces # 37:14 


see...: Heb. see the peace of thy brethren, etc. § 37:19 dreamer: Heb. master of dreams 


Genesis 37:21 31 Genesis 38:21 


some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his 
dreams. 7! And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and 
lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 

23 q And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his 


coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;** 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the 
pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes 
and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery 
and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 2° And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit 
is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and 
let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.tt 
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, 
and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 

29q And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? 

31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 And 
they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: 
know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil 
beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put 
sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters 
rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave 
unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 3¢ And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto 


Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.+#8$§ 
38 


1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to acertain 
Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose 
name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he 
called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. > And she 
yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare 
him. © And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, 
was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto 
thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the seed 
should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on 
the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 1° And the thing which he did displeased the 
LORD: wherefore he slew him also.* 1! Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow 
at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his 
brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. 

12q And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and 
went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.t 13 And it was 
told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put 
her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an 
open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given 
unto him to wife.* 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered 
her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; 
(for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou 
mayest come in unto me? !’ And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou 
give me a pledge, till thou send it?§ 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy 
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, 
and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on 
the garments of her widowhood. 2° And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, 
to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that 
place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot 





ok 

37:23 colours: or, pieces tt 37:27 were...: Heb. hearkened + 37:36 officer: Heb. eunuch: but the word doth signify not 

only eunuchs, but also chamberlains, courtiers, and officers §§ 37:36 captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the slaughter men, 
* 

or executioners 38:10 displeased...: Heb. was evil in the eyes of the Lord t 38:12 in process...: Heb. the days were multiplied 


t 38:14 an open...: Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim 8 38:17 akid: Heb. a kid of the goats 


Genesis 38:22 32 Genesis 39:23 


in this place.** 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place 
said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: 
behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.tt 

24q And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter 
in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring 
her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By 
the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, 
and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than 
I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 

27 q And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it 
came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon 
his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, 
that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: 


therefore his name was called Pharez.+#88§ 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet 
thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. 


39 

1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, 
an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2? And 
the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the 
Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he 
did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made 
him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the 
time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the 
Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, 
and in the field. © And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the 
bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured. 

7 q And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and 
she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth 
not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none 
greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art 
his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 1° And it came to pass, as she 
spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. ! And it 
came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of 
the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he 
left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 
14That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an 
Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:* 15 And 
it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, 
and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. !” And she 
spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto 
us, came in unto me to mock me: 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left 
his garment with me, and fled out. 

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, 
saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 2° And Joseph’s master 
took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there 
in the prison. 

21q But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the 
keeper of the prison.t 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners 
that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison 
looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he 
did, the LORD made it to prosper. 





ok 
38:21 openly: or, in Enajim tt 38:23 be shamed: Heb. become a contempt + 38:29 How hast...: or, Wherefore hast thou 


* 
made this breach against thee? 88 38:29 pharez: that is A breach 39:14 loud: Heb. great t 39:21 shewed...: Heb. extended 
kindness unto him 


Genesis 40:1 33 Genesis 41:13 


40 

1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended 
their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of 
the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain 
of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged 
Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. 

5 q And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according 
to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in 
the prison. © And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they 
were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, 


Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?” 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is 
no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I 
pray you. ? And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine 
was before me; 1° And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms 
shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: 
and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand. 
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: 13 Yet 
within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt 
deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.t 14 But think 
on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of 
me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:* 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of 
the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. !¢ When 
the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, 
behold, I had three white baskets on my head: 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner 


of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.** 18 And Joseph 
answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: 19 Yet within 
three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds 


shall eat thy flesh from off thee.tt 
20 q And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all 


his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.** 

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand: 

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler 
remember Joseph, but forgat him. 


1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by 
the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and 
they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured 
and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill favoured and 
leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and 


dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.” 
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. 7 And the seven 
thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. ® And 
it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians 
of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could 
interpret them unto Pharaoh. 

9q Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 1° Pharaoh 
was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the 
chief baker: 1! And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to 
the interpretation of his dream. 1? And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the 
captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to 
his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored 
unto mine office, and him he hanged. 





* 
40:7 look...: Heb. are your faces evil? t 40:13 lift...: or, reckon t 40:14 think..: Heb. remember me with thee 8 4o:16 
RK 
white: or, full of holes 40:17 bakemeats...: Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or, cook tt 40:19 lift...: or, reckon thee, 
* 
and take thy office from thee + 40:20 lifted...: or, reckoned 41:5 rank: Heb. fat 


Genesis 41:14 34 Genesis 41:51 


14q Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he 
shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou 
canst understand a dream to interpret it.* 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God 
shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: 18 And, 
behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in 
a meadow: 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and 
leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 2° And the lean and the ill favoured 
kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known 
that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So 1 awoke.8 22 And I saw 
in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: 23 And, behold, seven ears, 


withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 24 And the thin ears devoured 
the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. 

25 q And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what 
he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the 
dream is one. 2” And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and 
the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing 
which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there 
come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 3° And there shall arise after them 
seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall 
consume the land; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; 
for it shall be very grievous.'t 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because 
the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.*# 

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 
34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land 
of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.8§ 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that 
come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food 
shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that 


the land perish not through the famine.*** 

37q And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh 
said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And 
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and 
wise as thou art: 4° Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be 
ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.tTT 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set 
thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s 
hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;¥## 43 And he made 
him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made 
him ruler over all the land of Egypt.888 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without 
thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name 
Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And 
Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.*t 

46 q And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went 
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven 
plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven 
years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which 
was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, 
very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 5° And unto Joseph were born two sons 
before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto 
him.* 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget 





t 41:14 brought...: Heb. made him run # 41:15 thou...: or, when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it § 41:21 eaten... 
Heb. come to the inward parts of them = 41:23 withered: or, small th 41:31 grievous: Heb. heavy +t 41:32 established...: 
or, prepared of God §§ 41:34 officers: or, overseers ve 41:36 perish...: Heb. be not cut off ttt 41:40 be ruled: Heb. be 
armed, or, kiss #44 41:42 fine...: or, silk §8§ 41:43 Bow...: or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech bs 41:45 Zaphnath-paaneah: which 


in the Coptic signifies, A revealer of secrets, or, The man to whom secrets are revealed t 41:45 priest: or, prince + 41:50 priest: 
or, prince 


Genesis 41:52 35 Genesis 42:33 


all my toil, and all my father’s house.8 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath 


caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.** 

53 q And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. °4 And the 
seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but 
in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people 
cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to 
you, do. 5° And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, 


and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.tt 57 And all countries 
came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. 


42 

1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one 
upon another? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, 
and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. 

3 q And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, 
Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons 
of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. © And 
Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s 
brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake 
roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan 


to buy food.” 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the 
dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land 
ye are come. 1° And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 1! We are 
all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see 
the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of 
one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: 15 Hereby ye shall be 
proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may 


be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And 


he put them all together into ward three days.* 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, 
and live; for I fear God: 19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your 
prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: 2° But bring your youngest brother unto me; 
so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 

21 q And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the 
anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon 
us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; 
and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph 
understood 

them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.§ 24 And he turned himself about from them, and 
wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound 
him before their eyes. 

25 q Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his 
sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses 
with the corn, and departed thence. 2” And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in 
the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren, 
My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, 
saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?*" 

29 q And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto 
them; saying, 3° The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the 
country.tt 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons 
of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And 





RK 
41:51 Manasseh: that is, Forgettin 41:52 Ephraim: that is, Fruitfu. 41:56 all the storehouses: Heb. all wherein was 
§ h; that is, Forgetting phraim: that is, Fruitful TT Il the storeh b. all wherei 
* 
42:7 roughly...: Heb. hard things with them t 42:16 kept...: Heb. bound + 42:17 put: Heb. gathered § 42:23 he spake...: 
KK 
Heb. an interpreter was between them 42:28 failed...: Heb. went forth tt 42:30 roughly...: Heb. with us hard things 


Genesis 42:34 36 Genesis 43:25 


the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of 
your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 34 And bring 
your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will 
I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. 

35 q And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was 
in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 3° And 
Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, 
and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, 
saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to 
thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left 
alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs 
with sorrow to the grave. 


43 
1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which 
they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah 
spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except 


your brother be with you.” 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my 
face, except your brother be with you. © And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the 
man whether ye had yet a brother? 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our 
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the 
tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?t#8 8 and 
Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and 
not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 91 will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou 
require him: if 1 bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 


10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.” 

11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the 
land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and 
myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought 
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 13 Take 
also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: And God Almighty give you mercy before the 
man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, 1 am 
bereaved. tt 

15 q And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and 
rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with 
them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men 


shall dine with me at noon.*#§$ 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into 
Joseph’s house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they 
said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he 


may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.” 19 And they 
came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 


20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:ttt 21 And it came to pass, when 
we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his 
sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we 
brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said, 
Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: 
[had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.*## 24 and the man brought the men into 
Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. 
25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat 
bread there. 





* 
43:3 did...: Heb. protesting protested t 43:7 asked...: Heb. asking asked us + 43:7 tenor: Heb. mouth § 43:7 could...: Heb. 
kK 
knowing could we know 43:10 this: or, twice by this tt 43:14 If...: or, And I, as I have been, etc. a 43:16 slay: Heb. kill 
KKK 
a killing 88 43:16 dine: Heb. eat 43:18 seek...: Heb. roll himself upon us ttt 43:20 we...: Heb. coming down we came 


down +t 43:23 I had...: Heb. your money came to me 


Genesis 43:26 37 Genesis 44:29 


26 q And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the 
house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 2” And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your 


father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?88S* 28 And they answered, Thy servant our 
father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And 
he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger 
brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 3° And Joseph 
made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered 
into his chamber, and wept there. 3! And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and 
said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the 
Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with 
the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn 
according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled 

one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was 


five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.t 


1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they 


can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.” 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the 
sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had 
spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when 
they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the 
men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? 
5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so 
doing.t 

6 q And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, 
Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land 
of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy 
servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. 1° And he said, Now 
also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be 
blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man 
his sack. !2 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found 
in Benjamin’s sack. !3 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the 
city. 

14q And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before 
him on the ground. 5 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that 


such a man as I can certainly divine?* 1° And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall 
we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, 
we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. !7 And he said, God forbid 
that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, 
get you up in peace unto your father. 

18 q Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word 
in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My 
lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 2° And we said unto my lord, We have a 
father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left 
of his mother, and his father loveth him. 2! And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto 
me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: 
for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your 
youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we 
came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said, Go again, 
and buy us a little food. *° And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then 
will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us. 2” And thy 
servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28 And the one went out from 
me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 29 And if ye take this also from me, 





* 
§8§ 43:27 welfare: Heb. peace 43:27 Is your...: Heb. Is there peace to your father? t 43:34 were... Heb. drank largely 
* 
44:1 the steward...: Heb. him that was over his house t 44:5 divineth: or, maketh trial? # 44:15 divine: or, make trial? 


Genesis 44:30 38 Genesis 45:28 


and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 3° Now therefore 
when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in 
the lad’s life; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy 
servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy 
servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear 
the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad 
a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, 
and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.8 


45 

1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every 
man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his 
brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.” 3 And Joseph said 
unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for 
they were troubled at his presence.t 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. 
And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore 
be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to 
preserve life.* © For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in 
the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a 
posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.8 8 So now it was not you that sent 
me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler 
throughout all the land of Egypt. ° Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith 
thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 1° And thou shalt 
dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s 
children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: And there will I nourish thee; for yet 
there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh 
unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall 
haste and bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and 
Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after 
that his brethren talked with him. 

16 q And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and 
it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.” 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, 
This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18 And take your father and your 
households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the 
fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for 
your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 2° Also regard not your stuff; 
for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.tt 21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave 
them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.*+ 
22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of 
silver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with 
the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the 
way.S8 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not 
out by the way. 

25q And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And 
told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart 
fainted, for he believed them not.””* 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said 
unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their 
father revived: 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I 
die. 





§ 44:34 come...: Heb. find my father . 45:2 wept...: Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping t 45:3 troubled: or, terrified + 45:5 
nor...: Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes 45:7 to preserve...: Heb. to put for you a remnant a 45:16 pleased...: Heb. 
was good in the eyes of Pharaoh tt 45:20 regard...: Heb. let not your eye spare, etc. +4 45:21 commandment: Heb. mouth 
8§ 45:23 laden...: Heb. carrying aa 45:26 Jacob’s: Heb. his 


Genesis 46:1 39 Genesis 47:1 


46 

1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices 
unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, 
Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into 
Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 41 will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also 
surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 

5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little 
ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. © And they took their cattle, 
and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his 
seed with him: 7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all 
his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 

8 q And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: 
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. ° And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 
°q And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son 
of a Canaanitish woman. t+ 
1q And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.§ 
2q And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died 
in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 
3q And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 
4q And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she 
bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters 
were thirty and three. 
6g And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.tt##88 
7q And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and 
the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his 
daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. !9 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, 
and Benjamin. 

20 q And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the 


daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him."** 

21q And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, 
Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.ttt###888 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: 
all the souls were fourteen. 

23 q And the sons of Dan; Hushim.* 

24q And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of 
Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were 
seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s 
sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;t 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in 
Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and 
ten. 

28 q And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into 
the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to 
Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and 
say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto 
me; 32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their 
flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.* 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call 
you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about 
cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of 
Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 





1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and 
their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land 





* 2K 
46:10 Jemuel: or, Nemuel t 46:10 Jachin: or, Jarib t 46:10 Zohar: or, Zerah § 46:11 Gershon: or, Gershom 46:13 
Phuvah, and Job: or, Puah, and Jashub tt 46:16 Ziphion: or, Zephon + 46:16 Ezbon: or, Ozni §§ 46:16 Arodi: or, Arod 
* 
46:20 priest: or, prince Tt 46:21 Ehi: or, Ahiram Ht 46:21 Muppim: or, Shupham or, Shuppim S88 46.21 Huppim: 


* 
or, Hupham 46:23 Hushim: or, Shuham t 46:26 loins: Heb. thigh t 46:32 their trade...: Heb. they are men of cattle 


Genesis 47:2 40 Genesis 48:2 


of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And 
Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants 
are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the 
land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of 
Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake 
unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: ©The land of Egypt is before thee; 
in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and 
if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph 
brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said 
unto Jacob, How old art thou?” 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage 
are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not 
attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 1° And Jacob 
blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 

11q And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, 
in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished 
his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.t 

13 q And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt 
and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 4 And Joseph gathered up all the money 
that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and 
Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and 
in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we 
die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for 
your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread 
in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed 
them with bread for all their cattle for that year.* 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him 
the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; 
my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, 
and our lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our 
land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, 
and not die, that the land be not desolate. 2° And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for 
the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became 
Pharaoh’s. 2! And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt 
even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion 
assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not 
their lands.§ 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for 
Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, 
that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, 
and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, 
Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants. 
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth 
part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s."* 

27q And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, 
and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the 
whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.tt 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel 
must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, 
I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, 
in Egypt: 3° But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their 
buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 3! And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware 
unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head. 


1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took 
with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph 
cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened 





* 
47:8 How...: Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy life? t 47:12 according...: or, as a little child is nourished: Heb. 


a 
according to the little ones + 47:17 fed...: Heb. led them § 47:22 priests: or, princes 47:26 priests: or, princes tt 47:28 
the whole...: Heb. the days of the years of his life 


Genesis 48:3 41 Genesis 49:13 


himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at 
Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and 
multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after 
thee for an everlasting possession. 

5 q And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt 
before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. © And thy issue, 
which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in 
their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan 
in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way 
of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. 

8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They 
are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, 
and I will bless them. 1° Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he 
brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.” 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought 
them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took 
them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward 
Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him. !4 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and 
laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his 
hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. 

15q And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the 
God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 1© The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless 
the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let 
them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.t 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his 
right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it 
from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.* 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for 
this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my 
son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother 
shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.§ 20 And he blessed them 
that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he 
set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21! And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, 
and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above 
thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. 


1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which 
shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken 
unto Israel your father. 

3 q Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of 
dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest 
up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.*t 

5q Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.* 0 my soul, come 
not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger 
they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.§ 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was 
fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 

8 q Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; 
thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. ? Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou 
art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? !°The 
sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto 
him shall the gathering of the people be. 1! Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the 
choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be 
red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 

13 q Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border 
shall be unto Zidon. 





* 
48:10 dim: Heb. heavy t 48:16 grow: Heb. as fishes do increase # 48:17 displeased...: was evil in his eyes S 48:19 multitude: 


$ 


* 
Heb. fulness 49:4 thou shalt...: Heb. do not thou excel t 49:4 he went...: or, my couch is gone 49:5 instruments...: or, 


their swords are weapons of violence § 49:6 digged...: or, houghed oxen 


Genesis 49:14 42 Genesis 50:17 


14 q Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, 
and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 

16q Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. !” Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an 
adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward."* 181 have waited 
for thy salvation, O LORD. 

19q Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. 

204 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 

21 q Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. 

22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:tt 
23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, 
and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the 
shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, 
who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of 
the breasts, and of the womb: 2° The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my 
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and 
on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 

27 q Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall 
divide the spoil. 

28 q All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and 
blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said 
unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the 
field of Ephron the Hittite, 3° In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in 
the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a 
buryingplace. 3! There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah 
his wife; and there I buried Leah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from 
the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his 
feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 


50 
1 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph 
commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and 


the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.” 4 And when the days of his mourning were 
past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, 
I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave 
which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go 
up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. © And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy 
father, according as he made thee swear. 

7q And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the 
elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his 
brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left 
in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very 
great company. 1° And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they 
mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 
1 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they 
said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, 
which is beyond Jordan.t 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13 For his 
sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which 
Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 

14q And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his 
father, after he had buried his father. 

15q And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure 
hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. !¢ And they sent a messenger 
unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,* 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, 
Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and 





ok * 
49:17 an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake tt 49:22 branches: Heb. daughters 50:3 mourned: Heb. wept t 50:11 


Abel-mizraim: that is, The mourning of the Egyptians + 50:16 sent: Heb. charged 


Genesis 50:18 43 Genesis 50:26 


now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept 
when they spake unto him. !8 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, 
Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am1 in the place of God? 2°But 
as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to 
save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he 
comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.§ 

22 q And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten 
years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son 
of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.”* 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and 
God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to 
Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit 
you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: 
and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. 





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§ 50:21 kindly...: Heb. to their hearts 50:23 brought...: Heb. born 


Exodus 1:1 44 Exodus 2:15 


The Second Book of Moses, called Exodus 


1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his 
household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 
4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy 


souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.” 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 
7q And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed 
exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. ° And he said unto his people, 
Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 1° Come on, let us deal 
wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they 
join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they 
did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure 
cities, Pithom and Raamses. 1? But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. 
And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.t 13 And the Egyptians made the children of 
Israel to serve with rigour: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in 
brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was 
with rigour. 

15q And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, 
and the name of the other Puah: 1° And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew 
women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then 
she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, 
but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto 
them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 19 And the midwives said 
unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are 
delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 2°Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the 
people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 2! And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, 
that he made them houses. 2? And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye 
shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 


2 

1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman 
conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with 
slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. 4 And 
his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 

5 q And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked 
along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 
6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion 
on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, 
Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? § And 
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s 
daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And 
the woman took the child, and nursed it. 1° And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s 
daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him 
out of the water.” 

11q And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, 
and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And 
he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and 
hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove 
together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, 
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? 


And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.t 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he 





* * 
1:5 loins: Heb. thigh t 1:12 But...: Heb. And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc 2:10 Moses: that is, Drawn out 


t 2:14 a prince: Heb. a man, a prince 


Exodus 2:16 45 Exodus 3:22 


sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and 
he sat down by a well. 

16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the 
troughs to water their father’s flock.+ 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses 
stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he 
said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?8§ 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the 
hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 2° And he said unto 
his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she 


bare hima son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger ina strange land.** 

23 q And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel 
sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the 
bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with 
Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.tt 


1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to 
the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the 
LORD appeared unto him ina flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the 
bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see 
this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God 
called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he 
said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is 
holy ground. © Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 

7q And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have 
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; § And I am come down to 
deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good 
land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the 
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, 
behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith 
the Egyptians oppress them. !° Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou 
mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 

11q And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth 
the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token 
unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve 
God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, 
and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What 
is his name? what shall I say unto them? ' And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, 
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 1 AM hath sent me unto you. !° And God said moreover 
unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of 
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and 
this is my memorial unto all generations. 

16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, 
the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and 
seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of 
Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the 
Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy 
voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto 
him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ 
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 

19q And1 am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.” 20 And I will 
stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and 
after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it 
shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: 24 But every woman shall borrow of her 





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t 2:16 priest: or, prince § 2:18 Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether 2:22 Gershom: that is, A stranger here tt 2:25 had...: 


* 
Heb. knew 3:19 no...: or, but by strong hand 


Exodus 4:1 46 Exodus 4:31 


neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 
and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.t 


4 


1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: 
for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that 
in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, 
and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth 
thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in 
his hand: 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of 
Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 

6q And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his 
hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put 
thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his 
bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not 
believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter 
sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy 
voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which 
thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.” 

10q And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou 
hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.t¥ 11 And the LORD said 
unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? 
have not I the LORD? !2Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt 
say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.8 14 And the 
anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know 
that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will 
be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with 
thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman 
unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him 
instead of God. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 

18q And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray 
thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro 
said to Moses, Go in peace.” 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all 
the men are dead which sought thy life. 2° And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon 
an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 2! And the 
LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before 
Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23 And I 
say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay 
thy son, even thy firstborn. 

24q And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 2°Then 
Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely 
a bloody husband art thou to me.tt## 26 so he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, 
because of the circumcision. 


27q And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him 
in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent 
him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 

29q And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 3° And 
Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of 
the people. 3! And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children 
of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. 





* 

t 3:22 the Egyptians: or, Egypt 4:9 shall become: Heb. shall be and shall be t 4:10 eloquent: Heb. a man of words t 4:10 
aK 

heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day § 413. wilt: or, shouldest 4:18 Jethro: Heb. Jether tt 4:25 

sharp...: or, knife + 4:25 cast...: Heb. made it touch 


Exodus 5:1 47 Exodus 6:12 


1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let 
my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. ? And Pharaoh said, Who is the 
LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ 
journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or 
with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the 
people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the 
land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same 
day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw 
to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, 
which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they 
be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon 


the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.” 

10 q And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, 
saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 1! Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet 
not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the 
land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your 


works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.! 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which 
Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled 
your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? 

15 q Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore 
dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, 
Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, 
Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and 
work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of 
the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from 
your bricks of your daily task. 

20q And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: #1 And 
they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be 
abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay 
us.* 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this 
people? why is it that thou hast sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath 
done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.S 


1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong 
hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake 
unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:* 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto 
Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have 
also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, 
wherein they were strangers. > And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the 
Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of 
Israel, 1am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid 
you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 
7 And 1 will take you to me for a people, and 1 will be to you a God: and ye shall know that 1 am the LORD 
your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ® And I will bring you in 
unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will 
give it you for an heritage: Iam the LORD.t 

9q And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish 
of spirit, and for cruel bondage.* 

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1! Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the 
children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children 
of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? 





* 
5:9 Let there...: Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men t 5:13 your daily...: Heb. a matter of a day in his day t 5:21 to be...: 

* 
Heb. to stink 8 5:23 neither..: Heb. delivering thou hast not delivered 6:2 the LORD: or, JEHOVAH t 6:8 swear: Heb. lift 


up my hand t 6:9 anguish: Heb. shortness, or, straitness 


Exodus 6:13 48 Exodus 7:19 


13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, 
and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 

14q These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, 
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, 
and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the 
families of Simeon. 

16q And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, 
and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons 
of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and 
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three 
years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their 
generations. 2° And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and 
Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 

21 q And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 2 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and 
Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to 
wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and 
Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one 
of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the 
Levites according to their families. 2° These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring 
out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. 2”? These are they which 
spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses 
and Aaron. 

28 q And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 That 
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I 
say unto thee. 3° And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall 
Pharaoh hearken unto me? 


7 

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother 
shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak 
unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, 
and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, 
that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, 
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. > And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when 
I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. © And 
Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, 
and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 


8q And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ? When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, 
saying, Shewa miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, 
and it shall become a serpent. 

10q And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and 
Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 1! Then 
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like 
manner with their enchantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: 
but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not 
unto them; as the LORD had said. 

14q And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the 
river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 
16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my 
people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 
17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod 
that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And 
the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of 
the water of the river. 

19q And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand 
upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all 
their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the 


Exodus 7:20 49 Exodus 8:24 


land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.” 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the 
LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight 
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to 
blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink 
of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians 
of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken 
unto them; as the LORD had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set 
his heart to this also. 24 And all the Egyptians digged 

round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And 
seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let 
my people go, that they may serve me. ? And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy 
borders with frogs: 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into 
thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon 


thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:* 4 And the frogs shall come up both 
on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. 

5q And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the 
streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. © And 
Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land 
of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of 
Egypt. 

8 q Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away 
the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto 
the LORD. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy 
servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in 


the river only?t#8§ 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou 


mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.”* 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, 
and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. 
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs 
which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and 
the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them 
together upon heaps: and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened 
his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 

16 q And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the 
land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched 
out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all 
the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their 
enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, 
and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 

20q And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he 
cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may 
serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and 
upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be 
full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.tt 22 And I will sever in that day the land of 
Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know 
that Iam the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy 


people: to morrow shall this sign be.+#88 24 and the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm 
of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land 


was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies."** 





* * 
7:19 pools...: Heb. gathering of their waters 8:3 kneadingtroughs: or, dough t 8:9 Glory...: or, Have this honour over me, etc 
aK 
t 8:9 when: or, against when § 89 to destroy: Heb. to cut off 8:10 To morrow: or, Against to morrow tt 8:21 swarms...: 


KK 
or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc + 8:23 a division: Heb. a redemption §§ 8:23 to morrow: or, by to morrow 8:24 
corrupted: or, destroyed 


Exodus 8:25 50 Exodus 9:28 


25 q And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the 
LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they 
not stone us? 2” We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, 
as he shall command us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your 
God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go 
out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his 
servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting 
the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. 3° And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. 
31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, 
from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at 
this time also, neither would he let the people go. 


9 

1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the 
Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold 
them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon 
the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 
4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing 
die of all that is the children’s of Israel. 5 And the LORD appointed 

a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. © And the LORD did that 
thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not 
one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the 
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 

8q And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and 
let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. ? And it shall become small dust in all 
the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout 
all the land of Egypt. 1° And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses 
sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon 
beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon 
the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the LORD hardened 

the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. 

13q And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say 
unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For 
I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; 
that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, 
that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And 
in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may 


be declared throughout all the earth.” 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt 
not let them go? 18Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as 
hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. !9 Send therefore now, and gather 
thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the 
field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 2° He 
that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee 
into the houses: #! And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in 
the field.t 

22q And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail 
in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the 
land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and 
hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So 
there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the 
land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that 
was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree 
of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 

27q And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: 
the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 8 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there 





* 
9:16 raised...: Heb. made thee stand it 9:21 regarded...: Heb. set not his heart unto 


Exodus 9:29 51 Exodus 10:23 


be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.* 29 And Moses 
said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and 
the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the 
earth is the LORD’s. 3°But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. 
31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 32 But 
the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.§ 33 And Moses went out of the 
city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, 
and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and 
the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the 
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken 


by Moses.”* 


10 

1And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of 
his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: ? And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy 
son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among 
them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and 
said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself 
before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. ‘Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, 
to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that 
one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which 


remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:* 
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; 
which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the 
earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh’s servants said 
unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD 
their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again 


unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?t 
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, 
with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. !° And he said 
unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is 
before you. !! Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they 
were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence. 

12q And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, 
that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail 
hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east 
wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought 
the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: 
very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be 
such, !5 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat 
every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not 
any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 

16 q Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD 
your God, and against you.* 17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the 
LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and 
intreated the LORD. !9 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, 
and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.§ 20 But the 
LORD hardened 

Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 

21q And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be 
darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.** 22 And Moses stretched forth 
his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw 
not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light 
in their dwellings. 





kK 
t 9:28 mighty...: Heb. voices of God § 9:32 not grown...: Heb. hidden or, dark 9:35 by Moses: Heb. by the hand of Moses 
10:5 face: Heb. eye t 10:8 who...: Heb. who and who, etc # 10:16 called: Heb. hastened to call § 10:19 cast: Heb. fastened 


10:21 even...: Heb. that one may feel darkness 


Exodus 10:24 52 Exodus 12:15 


24 q And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and 
your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also 
sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.tT 26 Our cattle also shall 
go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; 
and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 

27q But the LORD hardened 

Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, 
take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And 
Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. 


1And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; 
afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence 
altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and 
every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people 
favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in 
the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people. 

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: 5 And all 
the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, 
even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. © And 
there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be 
like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man 
or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 
8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, 
Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from 


Pharaoh in a great anger. t 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that 
my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders 
before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of 
Israel go out of his land. 


12 
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto 
you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 
3 q Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take 


to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:* 4 And if the 
household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to 
the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your 
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the 
goats: 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly 
of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.* 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike 
it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they 
shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall 
eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and 
with the purtenance thereof. !° And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which 
remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 

11q And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your 
hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt 
this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all 
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.S 13 And the blood shall be to you for a 
token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague 
shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.” ™4 And this day shall be unto 
you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall 
keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. !5 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day 
ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day 





* * 
tt 10:25 us: Heb. into our hands 11:8 that follow...: Heb. that is at thy feet t 11:8 a great...: Heb. heat of anger 12:3 


a 
lamb: or, kid t 12:5 of...: Heb. son of a year t 12:6 in...: Heb. between the two evenings S ion gods: or, princes 12:13 
to destroy...: Heb. for a destruction 


Exodus 12:16 53 Exodus 12:48 


until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy 
convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work 
shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.tt 17 and ye 
shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of 
the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 

18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, 
until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found 
in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the 
congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 2° Ye shall eat nothing leavened; 
in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 

21 q Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb 
according to your families, and kill the passover.** 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in 
the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the 
bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will 
pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side 
posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses 
to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And 
it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath 
promised, that ye shall keep this service. 2° And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto 
you, What mean ye by this service? 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who 
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered 
our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went away, 
and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 

29 q And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, 
from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the 
dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.8§ 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, 
and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not 
one dead. 

31q And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my 
people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your 
flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent 
upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. 
34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in 
their clothes upon their shoulders.*** 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; 
and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 36 And the LORD 
gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they 
required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 

37 q And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on 
foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and 
herds, even very much cattle.ttT 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought 
forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, 
neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 

40 ¢ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty 
years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it 
came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 4? It is a night to be much 
observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD 
to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.*## 

43. q And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no 
stranger eat thereof: 44But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised 
him, then shall he eat thereof. 4° A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 4° In one house 
shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye 
break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.888 48 And when a stranger shall 
sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let 
him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person 





ARK 
Th 12:16 man: Heb. soul +4 12:21 lamb: or, kid 8§ 12:29 dungeon: Heb. house of the pit 12:34 kneadingtroughs: or, 


dough Tit 12:38 a mixed...; Heb. a great mixture Ht 12:42 anight...: Heb. a night of observations 888 j0:47 keep...: Heb. 
do it 


Exodus 12:49 54 Exodus 14:5 


shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth 
among you. 5° Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did 
they. 5! And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the 
land of Egypt by their armies. 


13 
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth 
the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. 
3q And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the 
house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no 


leavened bread be eaten.” 4This day came ye out in the month Abib. 

5 q And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, 
and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a 
land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. © Seven days thou 
shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread 
shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be 
leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 

8 q And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did 
unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and 
for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand 
hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. !° Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season 
from year to year. 

11q And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware 
unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that 
openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the 
LORD’s.t 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, 
then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.* 

14q And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt 
say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:8 
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in 
the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the 
LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. 1° And it 
shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the 
LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. 

17q And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the 
way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people 
repent 

one they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of 
the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.”* 
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, 
God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 

20 q And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the 
wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; 
and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He took not away the pillar 
of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. 


14 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and 
encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye 
encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the 
wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and 
I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the 
LORD. And they did so. 

5q And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants 
was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from 





* 
13:3 bondage: Heb. servants t 13:12 set...: Heb. cause to pass over + 13:13 lamb: or, kid § 13:14 in...: Heb. to morrow 


13:18 harnessed: or, by five in a rank 


Exodus 14:6 55 Exodus 15:7 


serving us? © And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred 
chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. ® And the LORD 
hardened 

the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of 
Israel went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots 
of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi- 
hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 

10q And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the 
Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto 
the LORD. !! And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away 
to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is 
not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? 
For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 

13q And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which 
he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no 


more for ever.” !4The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 

15q And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of 
Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and 
divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, 
I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon 
Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall 
know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon 
his horsemen. 

19 q And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; 
and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 2° And it came between 
the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave 
light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. 

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong 
east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children 
of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on 
their right hand, and on their left. 

23 q And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s 
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD 
looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of 
the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians 
said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.t 

26q And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come 
again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched 
forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and 
the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew 

the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.* 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and 
the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so 
much as one of them. 2? But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and 
the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 3°>Thus the LORD saved Israel 
that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 3! And 
Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, 


and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.§ 


1S 

1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing 
unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 
2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare 
him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his 
name. 4Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned 
in the Red sea. 5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom asa stone. ®Thy right hand, 
O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And 





* 
14:13 for the...: or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to day t 14:25 that they...: or, and made them to go heavily + 14:27 
overthrew: Heb. shook off 8 14:31 work: Heb. hand 


Exodus 15:8 56 Exodus 16:10 


in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest 
forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. ® And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were 
gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of 
the sea. ?The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied 
upon them; | will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.” 1° Thou didst blow with thy wind, the 
sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. !! Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the 
gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?t 12Thou stretchedst out 
thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. !3 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou 
hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall 
hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom 
shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants 
of Canaan shall melt away. !°Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they 
shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast 
purchased. !7 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the 
place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands 
have established. 18The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. !9 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with 
his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea 
upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 

20 q And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women 
went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 2! And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, 
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 

22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they 
went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 

23q And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: 
therefore the name of it was called Marah.* 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What 
shall we drink? 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had 
cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, 
and there he proved them, 6 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy 
God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all 
his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for 
Iam the LORD that healeth thee. 

27 q And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: 
and they encamped there by the waters. 


16 

1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came 
unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month 
after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel 
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, 
Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, 
and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this 
whole assembly with hunger. 

4q Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people 
shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my 
law, or no.” 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring 
in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. ®And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children 
of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings 
against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Moses said, This shall be, when 
the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the 
LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings 
are not against us, but against the LORD. 

9q And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near 
before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 1° And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the 





* * 
15:9 destroy: or, repossess 15:11 gods: or, mighty ones? # 15:23 Marah: that is Bitterness 16:4 acertain...: Heb. the 
portion of a day in his day 


Exodus 16:11 57 Exodus 17:6 


whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the 
glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 

11q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 121 have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, 
saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know 
that I am the LORD your God. 

13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning 
the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of 
the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the 
children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses 
said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.t 

16 q This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his 
eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them 
which are in his tents.*§ 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And 
when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered 
little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said, Let no man 
leave of it till the morning. 2° Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left 
of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. 2! And they 
gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 

22 q And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one 
man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that 
which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which 
ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to 
be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, 
neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto 
the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 2° Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, 
which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 

27q And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and 
they found none. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments 
and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the 
sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the 
seventh day. 3° So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Israel called the name 
ie Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with 

oney. 

32. q And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept 
for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I 
brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer 
full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD 
commanded 

Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat 
manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the 
borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 


17 


1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their 
journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no 
water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water 
that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the 
LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, 
Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle 
with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost 
ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the 
elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. © Behold, 
I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall 
come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 





t 16:15 Itis...: or, What is this? or, It is a portion + 16:16 for every...: Heb. by the poll, or, head § 16:16 persons: Heb. souls 


Exodus 17:7 58 Exodus 18:23 


7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of 


Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?*t 

8q Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us 
out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God 
in mine hand.* 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, 
and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel 
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they 
took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the 
one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down 
of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the 
LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I 
will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and 
called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:8 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will 


have war with Amalek from generation to generation. “tt 


18 
1When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, 
and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ 
father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the 


name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:” 4 And the name of 
the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword 
of Pharaoh:t 5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the 
wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: © And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law 
Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 

7q And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked 


each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.* 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the 
LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come 
upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.S 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness 
which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 1° And 
Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of 
the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I 
know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above 
them. 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, 
and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God. 

13q And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by 
Moses from the morning unto the evening. !4 And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the 
people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all 
the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because 
the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I 


judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.** 17 And 
Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear 
away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able 
to perform it thyself alone.tt 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall 
be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 2° And 
thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and 
the work that they must do. #1 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as 
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and 
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: 
and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall 
judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this 
thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go 





= 17:7 Massah: that is, Temptation t 17:7 Meribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife t 17:9 Joshua: called Jesus § 17:15 Jehovah-nissi: 
that is, The LORD my banner is 17:16 Because...: or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, etc 
tt 17:16 the LORD hath...: Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD ‘s 18:3 Gershom: that is A stranger there t 18:4 Eliezer: 
that is, My God is an help + 18:7 welfare: Heb. peace § 18:8 come...: Heb. found them a 18:16 one...: Heb. a man and his 
fellow tT 18:18 Thou wilt...: Heb. Fading thou wilt fade 


Exodus 18:24 59 Exodus 20:7 


to their place in peace. 24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had 

said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of 

thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all 

seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 
27q And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. 


1In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same 
day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to 
the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. 3 And 
Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou 
say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, 
and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my 
voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for 
all the earth is mine: © And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the 
words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 

7q And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words 
which the LORD commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD 
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear 
when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the 
LORD. 

10q And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, 
and let them wash their clothes, !! And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD 
will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. }2 And thou shalt set bounds unto the 
people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the 
border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not an hand 
touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: 


when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.” 

14q And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they 
washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your 
wives. 

16q And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and 
a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that 
was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; 
and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because 
the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the 
whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder 
and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 2° And the LORD came down upon mount 
Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went 
up. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the 
LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.t 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, 
sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The 
people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, 
and sanctify it. 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, 
and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, 
lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. 


20 
1 And God spake all these words, saying, 21 am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of 


the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4Thou 
shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that 
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 
them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; ® And shewing mercy 
unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. ? Thou shalt not take the name 
of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 





* * 
19:13 trumpet: or, cornet t 19:21 charge: Heb. contest 20:2 bondage: Heb. servants 


Exodus 20:8 60 Exodus 21:19 


8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 1° But 
the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy 
son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
within thy gates: !! For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, 
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed 

the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

12q Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD 
thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 4Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 1? Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s 
house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, 
nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 

18q And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and 
the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said 
unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak 

with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and 
that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 2! And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew 
near unto the thick darkness where God was. 

22q And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen 
that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye 
make unto you gods of gold. 

24q An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and 
thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto 
thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn 
stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.t 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps 
unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. 


ZU 

1Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, 
six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, 
he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.” 4 If his master 
have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be 
her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. > And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my 
wife, and my children; I will not go out free:t 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he 
shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with 
an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. 

7q And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. 
8If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to 
sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And 
if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 1° If he 
take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 1! And 
if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 

12q He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And ifa man lie not in wait, 
but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man 
come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, 
that he may die. 

15q And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 

16q And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put 
to death. 

17q And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.8 

18 q And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, 
but keepeth his bed:** 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him 
be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.tt 





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# 21:8 please...: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc § 21:17 curseth: or, revileth 21:18 another: or, his neighbour tt 21:19 
the loss...: Heb. his ceasing 


Exodus 21:20 61 Exodus 22:18 


20 q And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be 
surely punished.*# 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is 
his money. 

22 q If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief 
follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall 
pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for 
stripe. 

24 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him 
go free for his eye’s sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he 
shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake. 

28 q If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh 
shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his 
horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath 
killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 3° If there be 
laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done 
unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty 
shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 

33 q And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall 
therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the 
dead beast shall be his. 

35 q And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the 
money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push 
in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be 
his own. 


22 

11f a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and 
four sheep for a sheep.” 

2q If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if 
he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, 
whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 

5 q If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in 
another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make 
restitution. 

6 q If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, 
be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 

7q Ifa man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s 
house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house 
shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods. 9 For 
all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost 
thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and 
whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. !°If a man deliver unto his 
neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no 
man seeing it: !! Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand 
unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. !° If it be torn in 
pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 

14q And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not 
with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if 
it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 

16 q And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to 
be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the 
dowry of virgins.t 

18q Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 





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+ 21:20 punished: Heb. avenged 22:1 or a sheep: or, or a goat t 22:17 pay: Heb. weigh 


Exodus 22:19 62 Exodus 23:22 


19q Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 

20q He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 

21q Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 

22q Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they 
cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with 
the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, 
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou 
shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: ?7 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment 
for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; 
for I am gracious. 

28q Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.* 

29q Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy 
sons shalt thou give unto me.8** 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven 
days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 

31q And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; 
ye shall cast it to the dogs. 


23 

1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous 
witness.” 

2q Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after 
many to wrest judgment:t 

3 q Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 

4q If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, 
thou shalt surely help with him.* © Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep 
thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the 
wicked. 

8 q And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the 
righteous.§ 

9 q Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were 
strangers in the land of Egypt. * 

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year 
thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts 
of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.tt 12 six 
days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may 
rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have 
said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard 
out of thy mouth. 

14q Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened 
bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of 
the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) 16 And 
the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of 
ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. 18 Thou shalt not offer 
the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the 
morning.** 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy 
God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 

20 q Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place 
which I have prepared. 2! Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon 
your transgressions: for my name is in him. ?2 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all 





+ 22:28 gods: or, judges § 22:29 the first...: Heb. thy fulness ss 22:29 liquors: Heb. tear : 23:1 raise: or, receive t 23:2 
speak: Heb. answer t 23:5 and...: or, wilt thou cease to help him? or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him: thou shalt 
surely leave it to join with him § 23:8 the wise: Heb. the seeing am 23:9 heart: Heb. soul tt 23:11 oliveyard: or, olive trees 
+ 23:18 sacrifice: or, feast 


Exodus 23:23 63 Exodus 25:9 


that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.8§ 
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not 
bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow 
them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless 
thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 

26 q There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will 
fulfil. 271 will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I 
will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.*** 28 And I will send hornets before thee, which 
shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 291 will not drive them out 
from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against 
thee. 3° By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit 
the land. 3! And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from 
the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt 
drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They 
shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely 
be a snare unto thee. 


24 

1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy 
of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. * And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they 
shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 

3q And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all 
the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. 
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar 
under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of 
the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the 
LORD. ¢ And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on 
the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, 
All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled 
it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you 
concerning all these words. 

9 q Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 1° And 
they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and 
as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. !! And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid 
not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 

12q And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give 
thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he 
said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur 
are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. !5 And Moses went up into 
the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 1 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and 
the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of 
the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: 
and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 


29 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me 
an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. *t 3 And this 
is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,* 4 And blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,S 5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim 
wood, © Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be 
set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among 
them. ? According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the 
instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 





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Exodus 25:10 64 Exodus 26:5 


10q And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, 
and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. !! And thou shalt 
overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown 
of gold round about. !2 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners 
thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou 
shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the 
rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of 
the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 1 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall 
give thee. !7 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length 
thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of 
beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. !9 And make one cherub on the 
one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims 


on the two ends thereof.”* 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the 
mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the 
faces of the cherubims be. 2! And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou 
shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune 
with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the 
testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. 

23 ¢ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit 
the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure 
gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an 
hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 
26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the 
four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 
28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be 
borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, 
and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon 
the table shewbread before me alway. 

31q And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: 
his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six 
branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and 
three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a 
knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a kno 
and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall 
be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop 
under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two 
branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 3°Their knops 
and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt 
make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over 
against it.+#8$ 38 and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent 
of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 4° And look that thou make them after their pattern, 


which was shewed thee in the mount.*** 


26 

1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and 
purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.” 2The length of one curtain 
shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the 
curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and 
other five curtains shall be coupled 

one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the 
selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the 
coupling of the second.t 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou 
make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one 





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work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer t 26:4 selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel 


Exodus 26:6 65 Exodus 27:7 


of another. © And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: 
and it shall be one tabernacle. 

7q And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains 
shalt thou make. ® The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four 
cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. ? And thou shalt couple five curtains by 
themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the 
tabernacle. 1° And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the 
coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 1 And thou shalt make 
fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be 
one.* 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, 
shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. !3 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other 
side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the 
tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.§ 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of 
rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins. 

15 q And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 16Ten cubits shall 
be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. !” Two tenons shall 
there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the 


tabernacle.** 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side 
southward. !9 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under 
one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.tt 20 And for the 
second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: #! And their forty sockets 
of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 2? And for the sides of the 
tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners 
of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be 
coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for 
the two corners.## 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two 
sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 

26 q And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 
27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the 
side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards 
shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of 
gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 3° And thou shalt rear up the 
tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 

31 q And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning 
work: with cherubims shall it be made: 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood 
overlaid 

with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 

33 q And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the 
vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most 
holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And 
thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the 
tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an 
hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with 
needlework. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with 
gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 


1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall 
be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon 
the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou 
shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his 
firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network 
of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou 
shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 
6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And 





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Heb. hands +4 26:24 coupled: Heb. twinned 


Exodus 27:8 66 Exodus 28:20 


the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 

9q And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be 
hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 19 And the twenty 
pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall 
be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits 
long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets 
of silver. 

12q And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars 
ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 
14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 
15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 

16q And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. 
17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their 
sockets of brass. 

18 q The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the 
height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.t 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in 
all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 

20 q And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for 
the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.* 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, 
which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the 
LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 


28 

1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of 
Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and 
Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. ? And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for 
beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of 
wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in 
the priest’s office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, 
and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron 
thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 5 And they shall take 
gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 

6q And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, 
with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; 
and so it shall be joined together. § And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of 
the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen.” 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 
10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to 
their birth. 1! With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave 
the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of 
gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto 
the ee of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a 
memorial. 

13q And thou shalt make ouches of gold; !4 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work 
shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 

15 q And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the 
ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt 
thou make it. 1° Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall 
be the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first 
row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.t# 18 And the second row shall 
be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 
20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.8 





* * 
27:8 it was...: Heb. he shewed t 27:18 fifty...: Heb. fifty by fifty t 27:20 to burn: Heb. to ascend up 28:8 curious: or, 
embroidered t 28:17 set...: Heb. fill in it fillings of stone + 28:17 sardius: or, ruby § 28:20 inclosings: Heb. fillings 


Exodus 28:21 67 Exodus 29:10 


21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, 
like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 

22 q And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 
23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two 
ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are 
on the ends of the breastplate. 2° And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten 
in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. 

26 q And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the 
breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings 
of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the 
forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And 
they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, 
that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the 
ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon 
his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. 

30 q And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall 
be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the 
children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. 

31q And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of 
it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the 
hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 

33 q And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of 
scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:** 34 A golden bell 
and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. *5 And 
it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place 
before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 

36 q And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, 
HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon 
the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the 
iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall 
be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 

39 q And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and 
thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. 

40 q And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets 
shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, 
and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may 
minister unto me in the priest’s office.1t 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their 
nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:+#§§ 43 and they shall be upon Aaron, 
and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come 
near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute 
for ever unto him and his seed after him. 


1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the 
priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and 
cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed 

with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and 
bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring 
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt 
take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the 
breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: © And thou shalt put the mitre upon 
his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it 
upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou 
shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office 
shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons."t 10 And thou 
shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons 





. 28:33 hem: or, skirts tt 28:41 consecrate...: Heb. fill their hand + 28:42 their...: Heb. flesh of their nakedness §§ 28:42 
* 
reach: Heb. be 29:9 put: Heb. bind t 29:9 consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of 


Exodus 29:11 68 Exodus 29:44 


shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 1 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, 
by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. !2 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, 
and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the 
altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, 
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.* 14 But the flesh of 
the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. 

15q Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the 
ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon 
the altar. 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put 
them unto his pieces, and unto his head.§ 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a 
burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 

19q And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head 
of the ram. 2° Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right 
ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and 
upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 2! And thou 
shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and 
upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be 
hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him. 2? Also thou shalt take of 
the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and 
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: 
23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened 
bread that is before the LORD: 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his 
sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD."* 25 And thou shalt receive them of 
their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: 
it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 76 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s 
consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. 2” And thou 
shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, 
and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that 
which is for his sons: 28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children 
of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the 
sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. 

29 q And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be 
consecrated in them. 3° And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he 
cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.tt 

31q And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And 
Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, 
to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34 And 
if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt 
burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto 
Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou 
consecrate them. 3° And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou 
shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify 
it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar 
most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 

38 q Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day 
continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at 
even: 4° And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten 
oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 4! And the other lamb thou shalt offer at 
even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink 
offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 42 This shall be a continual 
burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before 
the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children 


of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.* 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of 





RK 
t 29:13 the caul: it seemeth by anatomy, and the Hebrew doctors, to be the midriff § 49:17 unto: or, upon 29:24 shalt wave: 
or, shalt shake to and fro tt 29:30 that son: Heb. he of his sons +f 29:43 the tabernacle: or, Israel 


Exodus 29:45 69 Exodus 30:32 


the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the 
priest’s office. 

45 q And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that 
Tam the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among 
them: Iam the LORD their God. 


1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit 
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall 
be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 
the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it 


a crown of gold round about."t 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by 
the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the 


staves to bear it withal.* 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 
6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is 
over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every 
morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.§ 8 And when Aaron lighteth the 
lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your 


generations. “tt 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering: 
neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. !° And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns 
of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make 
atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. 

11q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then 
shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that 


there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.** 13 This they shall give, every one that 
passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is 
twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. 14Every one that passeth among them 
that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 5 The rich 
shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto 


the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.$8*** 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of 

the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it 

may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. 
17q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: 
and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put 
water therein. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 When they go 
into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they 
come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: 2! So they shall wash 
their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and 
to his seed throughout their generations. 

22 q Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of 
pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty 
shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an 
ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. ttt 26 And thou 
shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 2” And the 
table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar 
of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that 
they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 3° And thou shalt anoint Aaron and 
his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 3! And thou shalt 
speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your 
generations. 32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the 





* ct 
30:3 top: Heb. roof t 30:3 sides: Heb. walls + 30:4 corners: Heb. ribs § 30:7 sweet incense: Heb. incense of spices 30:8 
lighteth: or setteth up: Heb. causeth to ascend tt 30:8 at even: Heb. between the two evenings a 30:12 their number: Heb. 


RAK 
them that are tobe numbered 88 30:15 give more: Heb. multiply 30:15 give less: Heb. diminish ttt 30:25 apothecary: 
or, perfumer 


Exodus 30:33 70 Exodus 32:10 


composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or 
whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 

34q And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; 
these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a 


perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:*## 36 And thou 
shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, 
where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt 
make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy 
for me LORD. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his 
people. 


31 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the 
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in 
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to 
work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, 
to work in all manner of workmanship. © And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of 
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that 
they may make all that I have commanded thee; ” The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of 
the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,” 8 And 
the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,t 


9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,* 1° And the cloths of 
service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the 
priest’s office, !! And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have 
commanded thee shall they do. 

12q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, !3 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, 
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; 
that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 4 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; 
for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any 
work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in 
the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, 
he shall surely be put to death.8 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe 
the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. !7 It is a sign between me and the 
children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he 
rested, and was refreshed. 

18q And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, 
two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 


32 

1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered 
themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for 
as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of 
him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, 
of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden 
earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, 
and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy 
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an 
altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. © And they 
rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people 
sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 

7q And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of 
the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I 
commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed 
thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 1° Now 
therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I 





* 
Het 30:35 tempered...: Heb. salted 31:7 furniture: Heb. vessels t 31:8 furniture: Heb. vessels t 31:9 furniture: Heb. 
vessels § 31:15 holy: Heb. holiness 


Exodus 32:11 71 Exodus 33:5 


will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth 
thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with 


great power, and with a mighty hand?” 12 wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief 
did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? 
Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, 
and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply 
your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and 
they shall inherit it for ever. 4 And the LORD repented 

of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 

15 q And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were 
in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they 
written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon 
the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There 
is a noise of war in the camp. !8 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither 


is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.t 

19q And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the 
dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath 
the mount. 2° And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to 
powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin 
upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that 
they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this 
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And 
I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into 
the fire, and there came out this calf. 

25 q And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their 
shame among their enemies:)* 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the 
LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, 
and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every 
man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the 
word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses had said, 
Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that 


he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.8** 

30 q And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great 
sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 3! And 
Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them 
gods of gold. 3? Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book 
which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him 
will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken 
unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit 
their sin upon them. 35 And the LORD plagued 

the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. 


33 

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast 
brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, 
saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the 
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land 
flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: 
lest I consume thee in the way. 

4q And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his 
ornaments. >For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked 
people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off 





* 
32:11 the LORD: Heb. the face of the LORD t 32:18 being...: Heb. weakness + 32.05 their enemies: Heb. those that rose 
up against them § 32:29 For Moses...: or, And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, because every man hath been 


ct 
against his brother, etc 32:29 Consecrate...: Heb. Fill your hands 


Exodus 33:6 72 Exodus 34:16 


thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. ¢ And the children of Israel stripped 
themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 

7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called 
it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went 
out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when 
Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, 
and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered 
into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD 
talked with Moses. 1° And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the 
people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 1! And the LORD spake unto Moses face 
to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, 
the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 

12q And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast 
not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast 
also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me 
now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation 
is thy people. !4 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 5 And he said 
unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. 16For wherein shall it be known here 
that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be 
separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the LORD 
said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, 
and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make 
all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be 
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 2° And he said, 
Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, 
there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory 
passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. 


34 

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write 
upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 2 And be ready in the 
morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top 
of the mount. 3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the 
mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 

4q And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and 
went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of 
stone. 

5 And the LORD descended 

in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed 
by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and 
abundant in goodness and truth, ’ Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression 
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 
and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. § And Moses made haste, 
and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in 
thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our 
iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 

10q And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have 
not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see 
the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 1! Observe thou that which I 
command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, 
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant 
with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 13 But ye 
shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:” 4For thou shalt worship no 
other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the 
inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and 
one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their 





* 
34:13 images: Heb. statues 


Exodus 34:17 73 Exodus 35:19 


daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou 
shalt make thee no molten gods. 

18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as 
I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 
19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that 
is male.t 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then 
shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before 
me empty.+ 

21 q Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest 
thou shalt rest. 

22 q And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of 
ingathering at the year’s end. 

23 q Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 
24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy 
land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 25 Thou shalt not 
offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be 
left unto the morning. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the 
LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 2” And the LORD said unto Moses, 
Wate thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with 
Israel. 

28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink 
water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.** 

29. q And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony 
in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face 
shone while he talked with him. 3° And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, 
the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and 
Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32 And 
afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD 
had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on 
his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until 
he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 
35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put 
the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. 


1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, 
These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. ? Six days shall work be 
done, but on the seventh day there shall be to youan holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever 


doeth work therein shall be put to death.” 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon 
the sabbath day. 

4q And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which 
the LORD commanded, saying, > Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is 
of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, ® And blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, 
and shittim wood, And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, ? And 
onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 1° And every wise hearted 
among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; | The tabernacle, his tent, and 
his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, !2 The ark, and the staves 
thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, !3The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, 
and the shewbread, ! The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil 
for the light, 15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and 
the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, 16 The altar of burnt offering, with his 
brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 17 The hangings of the court, his 
pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, !8 The pins of the tabernacle, and 
the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy 
garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. 





ct 
t 34:19 sheep: or, kid + 34:20 lamb: or, kid § 34:22 year’s end: Heb. revolution of the year 34:28 commandments: Heb. 


* 
words 35:2 an...: Heb. holiness 


Exodus 35:20 74 Exodus 36:19 


20 q And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 2! And 
they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they 
brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, 
and for the holy garments. 2 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, 
and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that 
offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought 
them. 24Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every 
man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women 
that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, 
and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in 
wisdom spun goats’ hair. 27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, 
and for the breastplate; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet 
incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, 
whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to 
be made by the hand of Moses. 

30q And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of 
Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 3! And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in 
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 32 And to devise curious works, 
to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of 
wood, to make any manner of cunning work. *4 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, 
and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, 
to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in 
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and 
of those that devise cunning work. 


1Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom 
and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according 
to all that the LORD had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted 
man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come 
unto the work to do it: 3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had 
brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him 
free offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came 
every man from his work which they made; 

5 q And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of 
the work, which the LORD commanded to make. © And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it 
to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for 
the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had 
was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 

8q And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten 
curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made 
he them. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four 
cubits: the curtains were all of one size. 1° And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and 
the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 1! And he made loops of blue on the edge of one 
curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in 


the coupling of the second.” !2Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge 
of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And 
he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became 
one tabernacle. 

14q And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made 
them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: 
the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by 
themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty 
loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 18 And he made fifty taches of 
brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ 
skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that. 





36:11 selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel 


Exodus 36:20 75 Exodus 37:22 


20q And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. 2! The length of a board 
was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally 
distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards 
for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: 74 And forty sockets of silver he made 
under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under 
another board for his two tenons. 5 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north 
corner, he made twenty boards, 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and 
two sockets under another board. 7 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coupled 
beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the 
corners.t 30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every 
board two sockets.* 

31 q And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And 
five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle 
for the sides westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end 
to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the 
bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 

35 q And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made 
he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with 
gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 

37q And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen, of needlework;8 38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and 
their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass. 


37 
1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit 
and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold 
within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, 
to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other 
side of it. 4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves 

into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 
6q And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one 
cubit and a halfthe breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made 


he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;* 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub 


on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. t+ 
9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, 
with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. 

10q And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, anda cubit the breadth 
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made 
thereunto a crown of gold round about. !? Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round 
about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings 
of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the 
border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shittim 
wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. !® And he made the vessels which were upon the 
table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.§ 

17q And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, 
and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: 18 And six branches going out 
of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches 
of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in 
one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a 
flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 2° And in the candlestick were four 
bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: 2! And a knop under two branches of the same, 
and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according 
to the six branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was 





t 36:29 coupled: Heb. twinned # 36:30 under...: Heb. two sockets, two sockets under one board § 36:37 of needlework: Heb. 
* 
the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer 37:7 on...: or, out of, etc t 37:8 on the end: or, out of, etc t 37:8 on the other 


end: or, out of, etc § 37:16 to cover...: or, to pour out withal 


Exodus 37:23 76 Exodus 38:31 


one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of 
pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 

25 q And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of 
it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. 
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns 
of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 2” And he made two rings of gold for it under 
the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to 
bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 

29q And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work 
of the apothecary. 


1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and 
five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made 
the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with 
brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the 
fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a 
brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four 
rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. © And he made the staves of 
shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the 
altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 

8 q And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women 
assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.*t 

9q And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined 
linen, an hundred cubits: !°Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the 
pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their 
pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 
12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks 
of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14The hangings 
of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the 
other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars 
three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 
17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the 
overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And 
the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the 
hangings of the court. !9 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, 
and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 2° And all the pins of the tabernacle, and 
of the court round about, were of brass. 

21q This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according 
to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the 
priest. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD 
commanded 

Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a 
cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the 
gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was 
twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And 
the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand 
seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 7 A bekah for 
every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be 
numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five 
hundred and fifty men.* 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, 
and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of 
the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their 
chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand 
and four hundred shekels. 3° And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 3! And the 





* 
38:8 lookingglasses: or, brasen glasses t 38:8 assembling: Heb. assembling by troops + 38:26 every man: Heb. a poll 


Exodus 39:1 77 Exodus 39:40 


sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, 
and all the pins of the court round about. 


1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, 
and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. ? And he made the ephod of 
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, 
and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, 
with cunning work. 4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it 
coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to 
the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded 
Moses. 

6 q And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the 
names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be 
stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

8 q And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a 
span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 1° And they set in it four 
rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.” 1! And the 
second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an 
amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold 
in their inclosings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, 
according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the 
twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure 
gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends 
of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the 
breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put 
them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on 
the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 2° And 
they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the 
forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 21 And 
they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might 
be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; 
as the LORD commanded Moses. 

22 q And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was an hole in the 
midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not 
rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon 
the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; 2° A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and 
a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

27 q And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 And a mitre of 
fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle of 
fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

30 q And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the 
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 3! And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on 
high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

32 q Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children 
of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 

33 q And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his 
boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the 
covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering, *5 The ark of the testimony, and the staves 
thereof, and the mercy seat, 3° The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 3” The pure 
candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and 
the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging 
for the tabernacle door,t 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the 
laver and his foot, 4° The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the 
court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of 





39:10 sardius: or, ruby t 39:38 the sweet...: Heb. the incense of sweet spices 


Exodus 39:41 78 Exodus 40:38 


the congregation, 41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for 
Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office. 42 According to all that the 
LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all 
the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and 
Moses blessed them. 


40 
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the 
tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and 
cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to 


be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And 
thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging 
of the door to the tabernacle. © And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of 
the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the 
congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. § And thou shalt set up the court round about, 
and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the 
tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. 
10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it 


shall be an altar most holy.t 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou 
shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them 
with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; 
that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them 
with coats: 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister 
unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout 
their generations. 

16Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. 

17q And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that 
the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set 
up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad 
the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded 
Moses. 

20 q And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the 
mercy seat above upon the ark: 2! And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of 
the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

22q And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, 
without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded 
Moses. 

24q And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side 
of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded 
Moses. 

26q And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: 2” And he burnt sweet 
incense thereon; as the LORD commanded 

Moses. 

28q And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering 
by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering 
and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

30 q And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to 
wash withal. 3! And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: 32 When 
they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as 
the LORD commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, 
and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 

34 q Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the 
tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud 
abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up 


from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:* 37 But if the cloud 
were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the 





* 
40:4 the things...: Heb. the order thereof t 40:10 most holy: Heb. holiness of holinesses # 40:36 went onward: Heb. journeyed 


Exodus 40:38 79 Exodus 40:38 


LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, 
throughout all their journeys. 


Leviticus 1:1 80 Leviticus 2:14 


The Third Book of Moses, called Leviticus 


1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto 
the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 

3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer 
it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. 4 And 
he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make 
atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall 
bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation. © And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of 
Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 8 And the priests, 
Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which 
is upon the altar: 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on 
the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 

10q And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he 
shall bring it a male without blemish. 4 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before 
the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. }2 And he 
shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood 
that is on the fire which is upon the altar: !3 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and 
the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, 
of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 

14q And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering 
of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. !5 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, 
and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:* 1° And he 
shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place 
of the ashes: 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the 
priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it isa burnt sacrifice, an offering 
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 


1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and 

he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the 
riests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the 
rankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made 

by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and 
his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. 

4q And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of 
fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed 

with oil. 

5 q And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled 
with oil.* Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. 

7q And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with 
oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it 
is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat 
offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the LORD. !° And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is 
a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. 

11No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn 
no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. 

12q As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be 
burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.t 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with 
salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: 
with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 4 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto 





* * 
1:15 wring...: or, pinch off the head with the nail t 1:16 his feathers: or, the filth thereof 2:5 ina pan: or, ona flat plate, or, 
slice t 2:12 be burnt: Heb. ascend 


Leviticus 2:15 81 Leviticus 4:13 


the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, 
even corn beaten out of full ears. 5 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a 
meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part 
of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 


1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or 
female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. ? And he shall lay his hand upon the head of 
his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests 
shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace 
offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that 
is upon the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the 
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.t 5 And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the 
altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, 
of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 

6 q And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, 
he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the 
LORD. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the 
congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he 
shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, 
and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, 
and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 1° And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which 
is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 1! And the priest 
shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. 

12q And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. ! And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall 
sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. !4 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even 
an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon 
the inwards, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul 
above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the 
altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s. 17 It shall 
be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor 
blood. 


1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall 
sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought 
not to be done, and shall do against any of them: 3If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the 
sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish 
unto the LORD for a sin offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock 
before the LORD. 5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the 
tabernacle of the congregation: © And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the 
blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put some 
of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle 
of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt 
offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all 
the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon 
the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul 
above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, !° As it was taken off from the bullock of the 
sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. 11 And 
the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 
12Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are 
poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. *t 

13 q And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the 
eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD 





* 
3:3 fat: or, suet t 3:4 caul...: or, midriff over the liver, and over the kidneys 4:12 without...: Heb. to without the camp 


t 4:12 where...: Heb. at the pouring out of the ashes 


Leviticus 4:14 82 Leviticus 5:9 


concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 When the sin, which they have sinned 
against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon 
the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. 16 And the 
priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 17 And 
the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even 
before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the 
LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of 
the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he 
shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. 2° And he shall do with the bullock as he did 
with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement 
for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 2! And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and 
burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. 

22 q When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the command- 
ments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; 23 Or if his sin, 
wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male 
without blemish: 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where 
they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it isa sin offering. 2° And the priest shall take of the blood 
of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall 
pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the 
altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as 
concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 

27 q And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against 
any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;#8 
28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid 
of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 3° And 
the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt 
offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 3! And he shall take away 
all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall 
burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for 
him, and it shall be forgiven him. 3? And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female 
without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin 
offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the 
sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out 
all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the 
fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them 
upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an 
atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. 


5 

1 Andifa soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of 
it; ifhe do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be 
a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, 
and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of 
man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when 
he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to 
do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he 
knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one 
of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 6 And he shall bring his trespass 
offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of 
the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 

7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, 
two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt 


offering.” 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering 
first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 9 And he shall sprinkle of the 








* 
+ 4:27 any one: Heb. any soul § 4:27 common...: Heb. people of the land 5:7 he be...: Heb. his hand cannot reach to the 
sufficiency of a lamb 


Leviticus 5:10 83 Leviticus 6:17 


blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the 
bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. 1° And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according 
to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and 
it shall be forgiven him.t 

11 q But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall 
bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon 
it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. 12 Then shall he bring it to 
the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, 
according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. 13 And the priest shall make 
an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven 
him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering. 

14q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, !5If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of 
the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, 
with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: 1° And 
he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part 
thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of 
the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 

17 q And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the 
commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 And 
he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto 
the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred 
and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed 
against the LORD. 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, 
and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing 
taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;*t 3 or have found that which was lost, and 
lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 4Then 
it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently 
away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the 
lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in 
the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, 
in the day of his trespass offering.+ 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram 
without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: 7 And the 
priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of 
all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 

8q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law 
of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto 
the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.S 1° And the priest shall put on his linen 
garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath 
consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 1! And he shall 
put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a 
clean place. 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest 
shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn 
thereon the fat of the peace offerings. 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go 
out. 

14q And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before 
the altar. 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, 
and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet 
savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. !¢ And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his 
sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of 
the congregation they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for 
their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass 





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5:10 manner: or, ordinance 6:2 in fellowship: or, in dealin: 6:2 fellowship: Heb. putting of the han 6:5 in the 
t d fellowship dealing 1 6:2 fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand + h 
day...: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass § 6:9 because...: or, for the burning 


Leviticus 6:18 84 Leviticus 7:22 


offering. 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your 
generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall 
be holy. 

19q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 2° This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the 
LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering 
perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and 
when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a 
sweet savour unto the LORD. 2? And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it 
is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. 23 For every meat offering for the priest 
shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. 

24q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, #5 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In 
the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most 
holy. 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court 
of the tabernacle of the congregation. 2” Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and 
when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was 
sprinkled in the holy place. 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be 
sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. 2° All the males among the priests 
shall eat thereof: it is most holy. 3° And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the 
tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in 
the fire. 


1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. 2 In the place where they kill the 
burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about 
upon the altar. 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the 
inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is 
above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar 
for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. © Every male among the priests 
shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the 
trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. 
8 And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin 
of the burnt offering which he hath offered. 9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and 
all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.” 1° And every 
meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 

1 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. 12 If 
he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes 
mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed 

with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his 
offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 14 And of it he shall 
offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest’s 
that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings 
for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the 
morning. 1° But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the 
same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: 
17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if 
any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be 
accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the 
soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not 
be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 2° But the 
soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his 
uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 2! Moreover the soul that shall 
touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any mesh beast, or any abominable unclean 
thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that 
soul shall be cut off from his people. 

22q And the LORD spake 





7:9 in the pan: or, on the flat plate or, slice 


Leviticus 7:23 85 Leviticus 8:21 


unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, 
or of sheep, or of goat. 24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn 
with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.t 25 For whosoever eateth 
the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that 
eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 2° Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of 
fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, 
even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 

28q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 2? Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of 
his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace 
offerings. 3° His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it 
shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. 3! And the priest shall 
burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. 32 And the right shoulder shall 
ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the 
sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder 
for his part. 34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from 
off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons 
by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. 

35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings 
of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest’s 
office; 3 Which the LORD commanded 

to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever 
throughout their generations. 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the 
sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace 
offerings; 38 Which the LORD commanded 

Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations 
unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. 


1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ?Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and 
the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 
3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 
4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which 
the LORD commanded to be done. © And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with 
water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, 
and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it 
unto him therewith. ® And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim 
and the Thummim. ? And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, 
did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. 1° And Moses took the 
anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. !! And he 
sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver 
and his foot, to sanctify them. !2 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed 
him, to sanctify him. 13 And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them 


with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.” 

14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the 
head of the bullock for the sin offering. 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon 
the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the 
bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. !© And he took all the fat that was 
upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it 
upon the altar. 1” But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the 
camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

18q And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the 
head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 2° And 
he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the 
inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice 
for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 





* 
if 7:24 beast...: Heb. carcase 8:13 put bonnets: Heb. bound bonnets 


Leviticus 8:22 86 Leviticus 9:21 


22q And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands 
nae the head of the ram. 73 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip 
of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 
24 And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the 
thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood 
upon the altar round about. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the 
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: 26 And 
out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a 
cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: 27 And he put 
all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. 
28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they 
were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 29 And Moses took 
the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was 
Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses. 3° And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood 
which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and 
upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ 
garments with him. 

31 q And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, 
saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall 
ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven 
days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 As he 
hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 35 Therefore 
shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the 
charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so Iam commanded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things 
which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 


1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; 
2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, 
without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, 
saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without 
blemish, for a burnt offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the 
LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you. 

5 q And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and 
all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. © And Moses said, This is the thing which the 
LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses 
said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an 
atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement 
for them; as the LORD commanded. 

8q Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 
9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put 
it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 1° But the fat, and 
the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD 
commanded Moses. 1! And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. !2 And he slew 
the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about 
upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the 
head: and he burnt them upon the altar. !4 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them 
upon the burnt offering on the altar. 

15q And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the 
people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 1 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered 
it according to the manner.” 17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and 
burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.t 18 He slew also the bullock and the 
ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him 
the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, 
the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: 2° And 
they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 And the breasts and the right 





* 
9:16 manner: or, ordinance t 9:17 took...: Heb. filled his hand out of it 


Leviticus 9:22 87 Leviticus 11:11 


shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. 2? And Aaron lifted 
up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, 
and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 

23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed 
the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from 
before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the 
people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 


10 

1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and 
put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. ? And 
there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 

3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that 
come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. 4 And Moses 
called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, 
carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5So they went near, and carried them 
in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and 
unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath 
come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which 
the LORD hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. 

8q And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy 
sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for 
ever throughout your generations: 1° And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and 
between unclean and clean; 1! And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the 
LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 

12q And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take 
the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven 
beside the altar: for it is most holy: 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy 
sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so 1 am commanded. 14 And the wave breast 
and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for 
they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children 
of Israel. 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of 
the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, 
by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 

16 q And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was 
angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye 
not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear 
the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 18 Behold, the blood 
of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I 
commanded. !9 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and 
their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if 1 had eaten the sin 
offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? 2° And when Moses heard that, 
he was content. 


11 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of 
Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall 
ye eat. 4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: 
as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And 
the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. © And the 
hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, 
though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of 
their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. 

9q These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in 
the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 1° And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in 
the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an 
abomination unto you: !! They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, 


Leviticus 11:12 88 Leviticus 12:4 


but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, 
that shall be an abomination unto you. 

13.q And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, 
they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, !4 And the vulture, and the kite 
after his kind; 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and 
the hawk after his kind, 1” And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, 
and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the 


t. 

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 2! Yet these may ye eat 
of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal 
upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his 
kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping 
things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. #4 And for these ye shall be unclean: 
whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth 
ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 The carcases of 
every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto 
you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 2” And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among 
all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall 
be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be 
unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. 

29 q These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the 
weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 3° And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the 
lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth 
touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, 
when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or 
skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall 
be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them 
falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that 
on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall 
be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be 
oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 
36Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth 


their carcase shall be unclean.” 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is 
to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall 
thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 3° And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth 
the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 4° And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash 
his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, 
and be unclean until the even. 4! And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an 
abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all 
four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall 
not eat; for they are an abomination.t 

43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye 
make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.* 44 For I am the LORD your 
God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile 
yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that 
bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 4° This 
is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and 
of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the 
clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. 


12 
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman 
have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days 
of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin 
shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; 
she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be 





* 
11:36 wherein...: Heb. a gathering together of waters i 11:42 hath...: Heb. doth multiply feet # 11:43 yourselves abominable: 
Heb. your souls, etc 


Leviticus 12:5 89 Leviticus 13:28 


fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and 
she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 

6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb 
of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:” 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and 
make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for 
her that hath born a male or a female. ® And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two 
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the 
priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.t 


13 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh 
a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall 
be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:* 3 And the priest shall look on 
the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in 
sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and 
pronounce him unclean. 4If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper 
than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the 
plague seven days: 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, ifthe plague in his 
sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days 
more: © And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, ifthe plague be somewhat 
dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and 
he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he 
hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: ® And if the priest 
hd that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a 

eprosy. 

9 q When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 1° And the 
priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, 
and there be quick raw flesh in the rising:t 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest 
shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. 12 And ifa leprosy break out 
abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to 
his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy 
have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he 
is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the 
raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. 1¢Or if the raw 
flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; 1” And the priest shall see 
him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that 
hath the plague: he is clean. 

18 q The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place 
of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to 
the priest; 2° And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair 
thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out 
of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not 
lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 2? And if it 
spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. 23 But if 
the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him 
clean. 

24q Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth 
have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, 
behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a 
leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague 
of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it 
be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 
27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then 
the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his 





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12:6 of the first...: Heb. a son of his year t 12:8 she be...: Heb. her hand find not sufficiency of 13:2 rising: or, swelling 
i 13:10 quick...: Heb. the quickening of living flesh $ 13:24 a hot...: Heb. a burning of fire 


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place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest 
shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. 

29 q If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; 3° Then the priest shall see the 
plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the 
priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 3! And if 
the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that 
there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: 
32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and 
there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; 33 He shall be shaven, 
but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: 
34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in 
the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall 
wash his clothes, and be clean. *5 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; 36 Then 
the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for 
yellow hair; he is unclean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown 
up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 

38 q If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 
39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; 
it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 4° And the man whose hair is fallen off his 
head, he is bald; yet is he clean.8 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward 
his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a 
white reddish sore; it isa leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest 
shall look upon it: and, behold, ifthe rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald 
forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the 
priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the 
plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, 
and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 4¢ All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; 
he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. 

47q The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen 
garment; 48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any 
thing made of skin;*” 4° And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either 
in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the 
priest:tt 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: 
51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either 
in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting 
leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or 
in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the 
fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in 
the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the 
thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 55 And the priest shall look on the 
plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, ifthe plague have not changed his colour, and the plague 
be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or 
without.## 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of 
it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 
57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a 
spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, 
or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, 
then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 5° This is the law of the plague of leprosy in 
a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, 
or to pronounce it unclean. 


14 
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his 
cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the 





§ 13:40 hair... Heb. head is pilled a 13:48 thing...: Heb. work of tt 13:49 thing: Heb. vessel, or, instrument + 13:55 
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priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4 Then shall the priest 
command 

to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and 
hyssop: 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over 
running water: © As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the 
hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running 
water: 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall 
pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.t 8 And he that is to be 
cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be 
clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 
9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his 
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh 
in water, and he shall be clean. 

10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first 
year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one 
log of oil. 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and 
those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 12 And the priest 
shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a 
wave offering before the LORD: !3 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin 
offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass 
offering: it is most holy: 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the 
priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 
right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, 
and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: !¢ And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that 
is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: !? And of 
the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to 
be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the 
blood of the trespass offering: 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour 
upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before 
the LORD. !9 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be 
cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 2° And the priest shall 
offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement 
for him, and he shall be clean. 

21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering 
to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a 


meat offering, and a log of oil:8** 22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to 
get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them on 
the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
before the LORD. 74 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and 
the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the 
trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon 
the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon 
the great toe of his right foot: 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: 
27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times 
before the LORD: 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear 
of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right 
foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s 
hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before 
the LORD. 3° And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can 
get; 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with 
the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the 
LORD. 22 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which 
pertaineth to his cleansing. 
33 q And the LORD spake 





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Leviticus 14:34 92 Leviticus 15:15 


unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which] give to you 
for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 35 And he that 
owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague 
in the house: 3° Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it 
to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go 
in to see the house:tt 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of 
the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 38 Then the 
priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: 39 And the 
priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, ifthe plague be spread in the walls 
of the house; 4° Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, 
and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 4! And he shall cause the house to be 
scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into 
an unclean place: 42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he 
shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house. 43 And if the plague come again, and break out in 
the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it 
is plaistered; 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, ifthe plague be spread in the house, 
it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of 
it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city 
into an unclean place. 46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be 
unclean until the even. 4” And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in 
the house shall wash his clothes. 48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the 
plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce 
the house clean, because the plague is healed.*# 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, 
and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 5° And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel 
over running water: 5! And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living 
bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven 
times: 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and 
with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: 5° But he shall 
let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it 
shall be clean. 

54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, 
and of a house, 5° And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57 To teach when it is unclean, 
and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.8§ 


15 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say 


unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.” 3 And 
this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped 
from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and 
every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.t 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. © And he that sitteth on any thing 
whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and 
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that 
is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ° And 
what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. 1° And whosoever toucheth 
any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomsoever 
he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and 
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which 
hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that 
hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and 
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he 
shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15 And the priest shall offer them, 





tt 14:36 empty: or, prepare +4 14:48 shall come...: Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc §§ 14:57 when it is unclean...: Heb. in 


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the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean 15:2 running...: or, running of the reins t 15:4 thing: Heb. vessel 


Leviticus 15:16 93 Leviticus 16:16 


the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement 
for him before the LORD for his issue. !© And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he 
shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17 And every garment, and every skin, 
whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18 The 
woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

19q And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven 
days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.* 29 And every thing that she lieth 
upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 2! And 
whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until 
the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she 
sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, 
and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be 
unclean. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or 
if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the 
days of her separation: she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue 
shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as 
the uncleanness of her separation. 2” And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of 
her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the 
eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, 
to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 3° And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, 
and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for 
the issue of her uncleanness. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; 
that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 3? This 
is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 
33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, 
and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. 


1And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before 
the LORD, and died; 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not 
at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die 
not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: 
with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen 
coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and 
with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in 
water, and so put them on. 

5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, 
and one ram for a burnt offering. © And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for 
himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and 
present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall 
cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.” 9 And Aaron 
shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.t 1°But the goat, on 
which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement 
with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. !! And Aaron shall bring the bullock 
of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, 
and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: 12 And he shall take a censer full of 
burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten 
small, and bring it within the vail: 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that 
the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: 14 And 
he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; 
and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 

15 q Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within 
the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy 
seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of 





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Leviticus 16:17 94 Leviticus 17:9 


the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so 
shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their 
uncleanness.* 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in 
to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, 
and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that 
is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of 
the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of 
the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the 
children of Israel. 

20 q And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon 
the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their 
transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the 
hand of a fit man into the wilderness:8 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a 


land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.** 23 And Aaron shall come into the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went 
into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy 
place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of 
the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And the fat of the sin offering 
shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and 
bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 2” And the bullock for the sin offering, and 
the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall 
one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their 
dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward 
he shall come into the camp. 

29 q And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of 
the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, 
or a stranger that sojourneth among you: °° For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for 
you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It shall be a sabbath 
of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And the priest, whom he 
shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall 
make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:tt 33 And he shall 
make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people 
of the congregation. 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the 
children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. 


17 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ? Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the 
children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 
3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or 
that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto 
that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: 5To the end that 
the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may 
bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and 
offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. © And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar 
of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto 
the LORD. ’ And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a 
whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 

8 q And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers 
which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off 
from among his people. 





aK 
# 16:16 remaineth: Heb. dwelleth 8 16:21 a fit..: Heb. a man of opportunity 16:22 not...: Heb. of separation tt 16:32 
consecrate: Heb. fill his hand 


Leviticus 17:10 95 Leviticus 18:30 


10q And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, 
that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will 
cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to 
you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement 
for the soul. !2 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall 
any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of 
Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that 


may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.” 14For it is the life of all 
flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the 
blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be 
cut off. 15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether 
it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 
and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; 
then he shall bear his iniquity. 


18 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
Iam the LORD your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: 
and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk 
in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the 
LORD your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall 
live in them: Iam the LORD. 

6 q None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am 
the LORD.” 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: 
she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt 
thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness. ?The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, 
or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou 
shalt not uncover. !°The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their 
nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. 1! The nakedness of thy father’s 
wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12 Thou 
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman. 13 Thou shalt 
not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman. 1 Thou 
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is 
thine aunt. 5 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou 
shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it 
is thy brother’s nakedness. }7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, 
neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for 
they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, 
to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.t 

19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart 
for her uncleanness. 2° Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself 
with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou 


profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.* 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: 
it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall 
any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in 
any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 25 And the 
land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her 
inhabitants. 2°Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these 
abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 2? (For all 
these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) 
28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before 
you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall 
be cut off from among their people. 3° Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any 
one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves 
therein: Iam the LORD your God. 





* * 
17:13 which...: Heb. that hunteth any hunting t 17:15 that which died...: Heb. a carcase 18:6 near...: Heb. remainder of his 
flesh t 18:18 a wife...: or, one wife to another t 18:21 Molech: Gr. Moloch 


Leviticus 19:1 96 Leviticus 19:32 


19 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. 

3q Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your 
God. 

4q Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: Iam the LORD your God. 

5 q And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. © It 
shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, 
it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not 
be accepted. ® Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the 
hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 

9q And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, 
neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 1° And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither 
shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am 
the LORD your God. 
1q Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 
2q And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am 
the LORD. 

3 q Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not 
abide with thee all night until the morning. 

4q Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: 
Tam the LORD. 

5 q Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor 
honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 

6 q Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand 
against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. 

7q Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, 
and not suffer sin upon him.” 

8 q Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself: Iam the LORD. 

9q Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt 
not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon 
thee. 

20 q And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and 
not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, 
because she was not free.t¥ 21 and he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. 22 And the priest shall make 
an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath 
done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 

23 q And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then 
ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: 
it shall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD 
withal.§ 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase 
thereof: Iam the LORD your God. 

26 ¢ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 
27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye 
shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: Iam the LORD. 

29 ¢ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and 
the land become full of wickedness.” 

30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: Iam the LORD. 

31 q Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I 
am the LORD your God. 

32 q Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: 
Tam the LORD. 








* 
19:17 and...: or, that thou bear not sin for him t 19:20 betrothed...: or, abused by any: Heb. reproached by (or, for) man t 19:20 


aK 
she shall...: or, they, etc: Heb. there shall be a scourging S 9:24 holy...: Heb. holiness of praises to the LORD 19:29 prostitute: 
Heb. profane 


Leviticus 19:33 97 Leviticus 20:27 


33q And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.tt 34 But the stranger that 
dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye 
were strangers in the land of Egypt: Iam the LORD your God. 

35 q Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 3° Just 
balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which 
brought you out of the land of Egypt.+* 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my 
judgments, and do them: Iam the LORD. 


20 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ? Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever 
he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto 
Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And will 
set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of 
his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the 
land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him 
not: 5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that 
go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 

6q And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring 
after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 

7q Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for 1am the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep 
my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. 

9 q For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed 
his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 

10q And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery 
with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man 
that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be 
put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them 
shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man 
also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they 
shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, 
it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among 
you. 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And 
if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: 
they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 1” And if a man shall take his sister, 
his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it 
is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s 
nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and 
shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of 
her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.” 19 And thou shalt not uncover 
the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they 
shall bear their iniquity.t 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s 
nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 2! And if a man shall take his brother’s 
wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.* 

22 q Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, 
whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of 
the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred 
them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a 
land that floweth with milk and honey: Iam the LORD your God, which have separated you from other 

eople. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean 
‘owls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner 
of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.S 26 And ye 
shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should 
be mine. 

27q A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: 
they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. 





* 
tt 19:33 vex: or, oppress +4 19:36 weights: Heb. stones 20:18 discovered: Heb. made naked t 20:19 uncovereth: Heb. 
hath made naked * 20:21 an...: Heb. a separation § 20:25 creepeth: or, moveth 


Leviticus 21:1 98 Leviticus 22:13 


21 

1Andthe LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There 
shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for 
his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his 
sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But 
he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.” 5 They shall not 
make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any 
cuttings in their flesh. ® They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for 
the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall 
be holy. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put 
away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth 
the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. 

9q And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her 
father: she shall be burnt with fire. 

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, 
and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither 
shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing 
oil of his God is upon him: Iam the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a 
divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own 
people to wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. 

16q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations 
that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.t 18 For whatsoever man he 
be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any 
thing superfluous, !9 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 2° Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or 
that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;* 21 No man that hath 
a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by 
fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread 
of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come 
nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do 
sanctify them. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. 


a) 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate 
themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in 
those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your 
seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow 
unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am 
the LORD. 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat 
of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a 
man whose seed goeth from him;* 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be 
made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; ¢ The 
soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, 
unless he wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward 
eat of the holy things; because it is his food. 8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall 
not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest 
they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. 

10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall 
not eat of the holy thing. 1! But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he 
that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.t 12 If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a 
stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.* 13 But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, 
or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat 
of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 





* 
21:4 he...: or, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc t 21:17 bread: or, food + 21:20 a 


* 
dwarf: or, too slender 22:4 running...: Heb. running of the reins t 22:11 with...: Heb. with the purchase of his money + 22:12 
a stranger: Heb. a mana stranger 


Leviticus 22:14 99 Leviticus 23:18 


14q And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and 
shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. '5 And they shall not profane the holy things of the 
children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, 
when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.8 

17q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his 
oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a 
burnt offering; !9 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or 
of the goats. 2° But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for 
you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, 
or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish 


therein.”* 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer 
these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either 
a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for 
a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.tt 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that 
which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 
25 Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their 
corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. 

26q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 2”? When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven 
days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both 
in one day.*# 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own 
will. 3°On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I amthe LORD. 
31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: Iam the LORD. 32 Neither shall ye profane 
my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 
33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. 


23 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my 
feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; 
ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. 

4q These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover. © And on the fifteenth day of 
the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened 
bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But 
ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy 
convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 

9q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, !° Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall 
bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:* 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before 
the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And ye 
shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt 
offering unto the LORD. 13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled 

with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof 
shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green 
ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever 
throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 

15q And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought 
the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 1°Even unto the morrow after the 
seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. 17 Ye 
shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they 
shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread 





RK 
§ 29:16 suffer... or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating 22:21 sheep: or, goats tt 22:23 lamb: or, 
* 
kid +4 22:28 ewe: or, she goat 23:10 sheaf: or, handful: Heb. omer 


Leviticus 23:19 100 Leviticus 24:9 


seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for 
a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering 
made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin 
offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 2° And the priest shall wave 
them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they 
shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an 
holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your 
dwellings throughout your generations. 

22 q And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners 
of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave 
them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. 

23q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first 
day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 

26q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: 
it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by 
fire unto the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make 
an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted 
in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 3° And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any 
work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of 
work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto 
you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even 
unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.t 

33q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh 
month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. 35On the first day shall be an holy 
convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 3° Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire 
unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD: it isa solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.* 37 These 
are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made 
by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every 
thing upon his day: 38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your 
vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. 39 Also in the fifteenth day 
of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the 
LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 4° And 
ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs 
of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.8 
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your 
generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 4? Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that 
are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: 43 That your generations may know that I made the children 
of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: Iam the LORD your God. 
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. 


24 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto 
thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.” 3 Without the vail of 
the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the 
morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4He shall order 
the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. 

5 q And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 
6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7 And thou 
shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD. 8Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being 
taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and 





* 
t 23:32 celebrate: Heb. rest + 23:36 solemn...: Heb. day of restraint § 23:40 boughs of goodly trees: Heb. fruit of, etc 24:2 
to cause: Heb. to cause to ascend 


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they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by 
fire by a perpetual statute. 

10q And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children 
of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; '! And 
the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto 
Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they 
put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.t 13 And the LORD spake unto 
Moses, saying, !4 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay 
their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the 
children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 1° And he that blasphemeth 
the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone 
him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, 
shall be put to death. 

17q And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.* 18 And he that killeth a beast shall 
make it good; beast for beast.§ 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so 
shall it be done to him; 2° Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish 
in aman, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that 
killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 2? Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as 
for one of your own country: for 1am the LORD your God. 

23 q And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out 


of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded 
Moses. 


29 

1Andthe LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say 
unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the 
LORD.” 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather 
in the fruit thereof; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for 
the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 5 That which groweth of its own 
accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a 
year of rest unto the land.t © And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy 
servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, 
7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 

8 q And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the 
space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. ? Then shalt thou cause 
the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement 
shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.* 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, 
and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto 
you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 
1 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself 
in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye 
shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto 
his possession. 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, 
ye shall not oppress one another: 15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of 
thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16 According 
to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years 
thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto 
thee. 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD 
your God. 

18 q Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in 
the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in 
safety. 2° And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather 
in our increase: 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth 





t 24:12 that...: Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the LORD # 24:17 killeth...: Heb. smiteth the life of a man 


S 24:18 beast for...: Heb. life for life . 25:2 keep: Heb. rest t 25:5 of thy vine...: Heb. of thy separation # 25:9 of the jubile: 
Heb. loud of sound 


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fruit for three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; 
until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 

23 q The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with 
me.S 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 

25 q If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin 
come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none 
to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 2” Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, 
and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 
28But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that 
hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his 
possession. 29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole 
year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. 3° And if it be not redeemed within the space 
of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought 
it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. 31 But the houses of the villages which 
have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, 
and they shall go out in the jubile.tt 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the 
cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, 
then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the 
houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.++ 34 But the field 
of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 

35 q And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: 


yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.88*** 36 Take thou no usury of 
him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 3” Thou shalt not give him thy 
money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 381 am the LORD your God, which brought 
you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 

39 q And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not 


compel him to serve as a bondservant:ttt 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be 
with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he 
and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers 
shall he return. 4? For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall 


not be sold as bondmen.*## 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. #4 Both 
thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about 
you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that 
do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat 
in your land: and they shall be your possession. 4¢ And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your 
children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your 
brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.$8§ 

47 q And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, 


and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:* 48 After 
that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: 49 Either his uncle, or 
his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or 
if he be able, he may redeem himself. 5° And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year 
that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the 
number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. 5! If there be yet many 
years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money 
that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count 
with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And asa 
yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 
54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his 


children with him.t 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I 
brought forth out of the land of Egypt: Iam the LORD your God. 





a 
8 95:23 for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off 25:26 himself...: Heb. his hand hath attained and found sufficiency 
tt 25:31 they may...: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it +H 25:33 aman...: or, one of the Levites redeem them 88 95:35 fallen... 
RK 
Heb. his hand faileth 25:35 relieve: Heb. strengthen Tit 25:39 compel...: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, 
* 
etc | 44 25:42 as... Heb. with the sale ofabondman 888 25:46 they...: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them 25:47 


wax rich...: Heb. his hand obtain, etc t 25:54 in these...: or, by these means 


Leviticus 26:1 103 Leviticus 26:39 


26 

1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall 
ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for 1am the LORD your God."t 

2q Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: Iam the LORD. 

3q If ye walkin my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in 
due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. > And 
your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye 
shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. ® And I will give peace in the land, and ye 
shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall 
the sword go through your land.* 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by 
the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand 
to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you, and 
make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 1° And ye shall eat old store, 
and bring forth the old because of the new. ! And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul 
shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 131 
am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their 
bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 

14 q But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall 
despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, 
but that ye break my covenant: 161 also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, 
consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye 
shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.S 17 And I will set my face against you, and 
ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when 
none pursueth you. !8 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven 
times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as 
iron, and your earth as brass: 2° And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield 
her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 

21 q And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more 
plagues upon you according to your sins.” 221 will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob 
you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall 
be desolate. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I 
will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered 
together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the 
hand of the enemy. 26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your 
bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be 
satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will 
walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. #9 And ye 
shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 3° And I will destroy your 
high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my 
soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, 
and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 3? And I will bring the land into desolation: and 
your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, 
and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then 
shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then 
shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 3 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did 
not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 3¢ And upon them that are left alive of you I will send 
a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase 
them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.tt 37 and 
they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have 
no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of 
your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your 
enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 





* 
26:1 standing...: or, pillar uy 26:1 image of...: or, figured stone: Heb. a stone of picture + 26:6 rid: Heb. cause to cease § 26:16 


over: Heb. upon 26:21 contrary...: or, at all adventures with me tt 26:36 shaken: Heb. driven 


Leviticus 26:40 104 Leviticus 27:28 


401f they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they 
trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 4! And that I also have walked 
contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised 
hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember 
my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will 
I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her 
sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their 
iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my 
statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, 
neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the 
LORD their God. 4° But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought 
forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: Iam the LORD. 
46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children 
of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. 


27 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. 3 And thy 
estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation 
shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy 
estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then 
thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. © And if it be from 
a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, 
and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and 
above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But 
if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall 
value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof 
men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. 
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change 
beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. ™ And if it be any unclean beast, of 
which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 
12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall 


it be.” 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 

14q And when aman shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate 
it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified 
it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and 
it shall be his. 1° And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then 
thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty 
shekels of silver.t 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall 
stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money 
according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy 
estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth 
part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 2° And if he will not redeem 
the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, 
when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof 
shall be the priest’s. 22 And if aman sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not 
of the fields of his possession; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, 
even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the 
LORD. 24In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to 
whom the possession of the land did belong. 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel 
of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 

26 ¢ Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; 
whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD’s.* 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem 
it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then 
it shall be sold according to thy estimation. 28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall 





* 
27:12 as...: Heb. according to thy estimation, O priest, etc t 27:16 an...: or, the land of an homer, etc # 27:26 firstling of: Heb. 
firstborn, etc 


Leviticus 27:29 105 Leviticus 27:34 


devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, 
shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. 29 None devoted, which 
shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. 3° And all the tithe of 
the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the 
LORD. 3! And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 
32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the 
tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he 
change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be 
redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of 
Israel in mount Sinai. 


Numbers 1:1 106 Numbers 1:36 


The Fourth Book of Moses, called Numbers 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, 
on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, 
saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the 
house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; 3 From twenty years 
old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by 
their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his 
fathers. 

5 q And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son 
of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 
8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 1° Of the children of 
Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 1 Of 
Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13 Of Asher; Pagiel 
the son of Ocran. 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.” 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These 
were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in 
Israel. 

17q And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled 
all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty 
years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the LORD commanded 

Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 2° And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest 
son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 
the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth 
to war; 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand 
and five hundred. 

22 q Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male 
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 23 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 

24 q Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth 
to war; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six 
hundred and fifty. 

26 q Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth 
to war; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen 
thousand and six hundred. 

28 q Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth 
to war; 2? Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand 
and four hundred. 

30 ¢ Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able 
to go forth to war; 3! Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and 
seven thousand and four hundred. 

32 q Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their 
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the 
tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 

34 q Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able 
to go forth to war; 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and 
two thousand and two hundred. 

36 q Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able 





* 
1:14 Deuel: also called, Reuel 


Numbers 1:37 107 Numbers 2:17 


to go forth to war; 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and 
five thousand and four hundred. 

38 q Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 
forth to war; 3? Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two 
thousand and seven hundred. 

40 ¢ Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth 
to war; 4! Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand 
and five hundred. 

42 q Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of 
their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war; *3 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty 
and three thousand and four hundred. 

44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, 
being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered 
of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war in Israel; 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and 
three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 

47 q But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the LORD 
had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum 
of them among the children of Israel: 5° But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of 
testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the 
tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about 
the tabernacle. 5! And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when 
the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be 
put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and 
every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about 
the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: 
and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. °4 And the children of Israel did 
according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 


2 

1And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall 
pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the 
congregation shall they pitch.” 

3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah 
pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of 
Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand 
and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel 
the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. © And his host, and those that were numbered 
thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of 
Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, 
were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were 
an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their 
armies. These shall first set forth. 

10 q On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and 
the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 1! And his host, and those that 
were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. !? And those which pitch by 
him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of 
Zurishaddai. 3 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and 
three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of 
Reuel.t 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six 
hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and 
fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth 
in the second rank. 

17q Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the 
midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 





* 
2:2 far...: Heb. over against t 2:14 Reuel: also called, Deuel 


Numbers 2:18 108 Numbers 3:24 


18 q On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and 
the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. !9 And his host, and those 
that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 2° And by him shall be the tribe of 
Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 2! And his 
host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then 
the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 73 And 
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. ”4 All 
that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an 
hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. 

25 q The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain 
of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And his host, and those that were 
numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 2’ And those that encamp 
by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of 
Ocran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five 
hundred. 

29 q Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of 
Enan. 2° And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four 
hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and 
seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. 

32 q These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all 
those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three 
thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of 
Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD 
commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their 
families, according to the house of their fathers. 


1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in 
mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, 
and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he 
consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.” 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when 
they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and 
Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father. 

5q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, © Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before 
Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of 
the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. 
8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the 
children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. ° And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and 
to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 1° And thou shalt appoint 
Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh 
shall be put to death. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the 
Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among 
the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on 
the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, 
both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. 

14q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of 
their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 
16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.t 17 And 
these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the 
names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their 
families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 2° And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, 
and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon 
was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 
22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old 
and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The 
families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house 





is 3:3 whom...: Heb. whose hand he filled t 3:16 word: Heb. mouth 


Numbers 3:25 109 Numbers 4:8 


of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon 
in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and 
the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 2° And the hangings of the court, and 
the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the 
cords of it for all the service thereof. 

27q And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family 
of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In 
the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, 
keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the 
tabernacle southward. 3° And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall 
be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, 
and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the 
service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, 
and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 

33 q Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families 
of Merari. °4 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from 
a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the 
father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the 
tabernacle northward. 3¢ And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of 
the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels 
thereof, and all that serveth thereto,* 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, 
and their pins, and their cords. 

38 q But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the 
congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for 
the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that 
were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, 
throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 

40q And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel 
from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 4! And thou shalt take the Levites 
for me (Iam the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the 
Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, 
as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn 
males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, 
were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 

44q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and 
the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. 46 And 
for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of 
the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; 4” Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by 
the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 48 And 
thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to 
his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were 
redeemed by the Levites: °° Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand 
three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 And Moses gave the 
money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, 
as the LORD commanded Moses. 


4 

1Andthe LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ? Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from 
among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and 
upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, 
about the most holy things: 

5q And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the 
covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: © And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ 
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon 
the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, 


and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 8 And they shall 





* 
t 3:36 under...: Heb. the office of the charge 4:7 cover...: or, pour out withal 


Numbers 4:9 110 Numbers 4:39 


spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put 
in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and 
his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister 
unto it: !° And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall 
put it upon a bar. " And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a 
covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12 And they shall take all the instruments 
of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them 
with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar: 13 And they shall take away the ashes 
from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: !4 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, 
wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all 
the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves 


of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels 
of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but 
they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

16 q And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the 
sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, 
and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 

174 And the LORD spake 

unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from 
among the Levites: 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto 
the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to 
his burden: 2° But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 

21q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their 
fathers, by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number 
them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.* 
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:8 25 And they shall 
bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the 
covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, 2° And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the 
court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments 
of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. 2’ At the appointment of Aaron and 
his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their 
service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.”” 28 This is the service of the 
families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under 
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 

29 q As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their 
fathers; 3° From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every 
one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.tt 31 And 
this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; 
the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And 
the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their 
instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of 
their burden. 3° This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, 
in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 

34q And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites 
after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even 
unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven 
hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that 
might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according 
to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the 
sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old 
and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the 





aK 
t 4:14 basons: or, bowls # 4:23 to perform...: Heb. to war the warfare S 4:24 burdens: or, carriage 4:27 appointment: 


Heb. mouth tt 4:30 service: Heb. warfare 


Numbers 4:40 111 Numbers 5:24 


tabernacle of the congregation, 4° Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, 
by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 4! These are they that 
were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of 
the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. 

42 q And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, 
by the house of their fathers, #3 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one 
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that 
were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those 
that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according 
to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 4¢ All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom 
Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their 
fathers, 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the 
service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, 48 Even 
those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According 
to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to 
his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded 
Moses. 


1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the 
camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male 
and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in 
the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as 
the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 

5 q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, © Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or 
woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person 
be guilty; 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his 
trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against 
whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the 
trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby 
an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of 


Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.” 1° And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: 
whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 

11q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, !2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go 
aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the 
eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither 
she be taken with the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, 
and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be 
not defiled: 5 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, 
the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; 
for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. !° And the 
priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an 
earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into 
the water: 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and 
put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in 
his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say 
unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with 
another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:t 20 But if 
thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain 
with thee beside thine husband: 2! Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, 
and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, 
when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;* 22 And this water that causeth the 
curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall 
say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with 
the bitter water: 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and 





* 
5:9 offering: or, heave offering t 5:19 with another...: or, being in the power of thy husband: Heb. under thy husband # 5:21 
rot: Heb. fall 


Numbers 5:25 112 Numbers 6:27 


the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the 
jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it 
upon the altar: 26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and 
burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath 
made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass 
against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and 
her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 28 And 
if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 2° This is the 
law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; 3° Or when 
the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before 
the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 3! Then shall the man be guiltless from 
iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. 


6 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ? Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves 
unto the LORD:* 3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of 
wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or 
dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels 
even to the husk.*# 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: 
until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall 
let the locks of the hair of his head grow. © All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he 
shall come at no dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for 
his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. 8 All 
the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and 
he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, 
on the seventh day shall he shave it. !° And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young 
pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 1 And the priest shall offer 
the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that 
he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the 
LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the 
days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.** 

13 q And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be 
brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14 And he shall offer his offering unto 
the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the 
first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 15 And 
a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread 
anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them 
before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: !7 And he shall offer the ram for 
a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer 
also his meat offering, and his drink offering. !8 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation 
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, 
and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the 
sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, 
and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: 2° And the 
priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave 
breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 2! This is the law of the Nazarite 
who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall 
get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 

22q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the 
children of Israel, saying unto them, 24The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 25 The LORD make his face 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 2 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. 





* 
6:2 to separate...: or, to make themselves Nazarites t 6:4 separation: or, Nazariteship + 6:4 vine...: Heb. vine of the wine 


aK 
§ 6:7 consecration: Heb. separation 6:12 be lost: Heb. fall 


Numbers 7:1 113 Numbers 7:43 


7 

1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, 
and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had 
anointed them, and sanctified them; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, 
who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 And they 
brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of 
the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the LORD 
spake unto Moses, saying, > Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the 
congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. And 
Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he 
gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave 
unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the 
priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging 
unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. 

10q And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the 
princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their 
offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 

12q And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of 
Judah: !3 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine 
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: '4 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 15 One 
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 16 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering: 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 

18 q On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 He offered for his 
offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 2° One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: 2! One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 2? One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 23 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 

244 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: 25 His offering 
was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 2? One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 29 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 

30 q On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: 31 His 
offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 33 One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 35 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

36 q On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: 
37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 39 One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 4° One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 41 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 

42 q On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering 
was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 





7:2 and were: Heb. who stood 


Numbers 7:44 114 Numbers 7:89 


with oil for a meat offering: 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 45 One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 4° One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 47 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 


48 q On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: 
49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 5° One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 5! One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 53 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 


54 q On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: 
55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 5° One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 57 One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 59 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 


60 q On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: ©! His 
offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: © One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 3 One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: ° And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 


66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: °” His 
offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 6 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: ©? One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7° One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 71 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 


72q On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: 73 His offering 
was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 75 One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7¢ One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 77 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was 
the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 


78q On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: 79 His offering 
was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled 

with oil for a meat offering: 8° One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 8! One young bullock, 
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 83 And 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this 
was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. ®*This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was 
anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 
85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels 
weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 8° The golden spoons 
were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold 
of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve 
bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids 
of the goats for sin offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were 
twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was 
the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 8° And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle 
of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the 








Numbers 8:1 115 Numbers 9:5 


mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto 
him.t 


8 

1Andthe LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest 
the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted 
the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. 4 And this work of 
the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: 
according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 

5q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ® Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, 
and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying 
upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves 


clean.” 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, 
and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before 
the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel 
together: 1° And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put 
their hands upon the Levites: 1! And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of 


the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.T#S 12 And the Levites shall lay 
their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the 
other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. 13 And thou shalt set 
the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. * Thus 
shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. 5 And 
after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt 
cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. 1° For they are wholly given unto me from among the 
children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children 
of Israel, have I taken them unto me. !’ For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man 
and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the 
Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the 
children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children 
of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh 


unto the sanctuary.”* 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did 
to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did 
the children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and 
Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse 
them. 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation 
before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did 
they unto them. 

23q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and 
upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:tT 25 And from 


the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:¥¥ 26 But 
shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall 
do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year 
after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover 
at his appointed season. 3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed 
season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.” 
4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the 
passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all 
that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 





* 

t 7:89 with him: that is, with God 8:7 let them shave...: Heb. let them cause a razor to pass over, etc t 8:11 offer: Heb. wave 
ok 

t 8:11 offering: Heb. wave offering 8 s.r they...: Heb. they may be to execute, etc 8:19 a gift: Heb. given tt 8:24 to...: 


Heb. to war the warfare of, etc + 8:25 cease...: Heb. return from the warfare of the service 9:3 at even: Heb. between the two 
evenings 


Numbers 9:6 116 Numbers 10:13 


6q And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not 
keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 7 And those 
men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may 
not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? ® And Moses 
said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. 

9q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1° Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man 
of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet 
he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. !! The fourteenth day of the second month at even they 
shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it unto the 
morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. 
13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same 
soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his 
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will 
keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the 
manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that 
was born in the land. 

15 q And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, 
the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of 
fire, until the morning. 1° So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by 
night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel 
journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 
18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of 
the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 
19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept 
the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.t 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon 
the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according 
to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. 2! And so it was, when the cloud abode from even 
unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it 
was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.* 22 Or whether it were two days, or 
a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried 

upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed 
not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in 
the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, 
at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 


10 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt 
thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying 
of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to 
thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then 
the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye 
blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm 
the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an 
alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye 
shall not sound an alarm. ® And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they 
shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your 
land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye 
shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 1° Also in 
the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow 
with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they 
may be to you for a memorial before your God: Iam the LORD your God. 

11q And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud 
was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys 
out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took 
their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 





t 9:19 tarried...: Heb. prolonged + 9:21 abode: Heb. was 


Numbers 10:14 117 Numbers 11:14 


14q In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: 
and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children 
of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun 
was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the 
sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 

18q And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host 
was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel 
the son of Zurishaddai. 2° And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of 
Deuel. 2! And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle 
against they came.” 

22q And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: 
and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children 
of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 
Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 

25 q And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all 
the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over 
the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the 
tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28Thus were the journeyings of the children 


of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.t 

29q And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are 
journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will 
do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. 3° And he said unto him, I will not 
go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; 
forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead 
of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do 
unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 

33 q And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant 
of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And 
the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, 
when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let 
them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many 


thousands of Israel.* 


11 
1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was 
kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost 


parts of the camp.*t 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the 
fire was quenched.* 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt 


among them.§ 
4q And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept 


again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?** tt 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt 
freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: © But now our 
soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as 
coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.** 8 And the people went about, and 
gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and 
the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the 
manna fell upon it. 

10q Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: 
and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto the 
LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, 
that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I 
begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth 
the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should 1 have flesh 
to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 141 am not 





7 10:21 the other: that is, the Gershonites and the Merarites t 10:28 Thus: Heb. These # 10:36 many thousands: Heb. ten 
thousand thousands * 11:1 complained: or, were as it were complainers t 11:1 it displeased: Heb. it was evil in the ears of 
# 11:2 was...: Heb. sunk § 11:3 Taberah: that is, A burning Te 11:4 fell...: Heb. lusted a lust tt 11:4 wept...: Heb. returned 
and wept + 11:7 colour thereof...: Heb. eye of it as the eye of 


Numbers 11:15 118 Numbers 12:11 


able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill 
me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. 

16q And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou 
knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle 
of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee 
there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the 
burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, 
Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, 
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give 
you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor 
twenty days; 2° But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto 
you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, 
Why came we forth out of Egypt?8§ 21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred 
thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall 
the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered 
together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? 
thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 

24q And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men 
of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down in 
a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy 
elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 
26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the 
other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not 
out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told 
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant 
of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said 
unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the 
LORD would put his spirit upon them! 3° And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 

31 q And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall 
by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, 


round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.”** 32 And the people 
stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that 
gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the 
camp. 33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD 
was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And he 
called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. ttt 
35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.*## 


1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: 


for he had married an Ethiopian woman.’t 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by 
Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, 
above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 

4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three 
unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the LORD came down in the 
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both 
came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make 
myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so, 
who is faithful in all mine house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not 
in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid 
to speak against my servant Moses? 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he 
departed. 

To And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as 
snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 1! And Aaron said unto Moses, 
Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we 





BRK 
88 11:20 whole...: Heb. month of days 11:31 as it were a day’s...: Heb. as it were the way of a day tit 11:34 


* 
Kibroth-hattaavah: that is, The graves of lust Ht 11:35 abode at: Heb. they were in 12:1 Ethiopian: or, Cushite t 12:1 
married: Heb. taken 


Numbers 12:12 119 Numbers 14:3 


have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of 
his mother’s womb. 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 

14q And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed 
seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was 
brought in again. 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness 
of Paran. 


13 

1Andthe LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, 
which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a 
ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of 
Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of 
Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. © Of the tribe 
of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of 
Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.” 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 1° Of the tribe of 
Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the 
son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son 
of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son 
of Machi. !© These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called 
Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. t+ 

17q And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way 
southward, and go up into the mountain: !8 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth 
therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; !9 And what the land is that they dwell in, 
whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong 
holds; 2° And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And 
be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe 
grapes. 

21 q So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come 
to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and 
Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And 
they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and 
they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.S 24 The 
place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut 


down from thence.** tt 25 and they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 

26 q And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of 
Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the 
congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto 
the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: 
and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 2? The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and 
the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by 
the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 3° And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up 
at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 3! But the men that went up with him said, 
We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an 
evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through 
which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people 


that we saw in it are men of a great stature.** 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which 
come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. 


14 
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And 
all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation 
said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this 
wilderness! 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our 





* 
13:8 Oshea: also called, Joshua t 13:16 Oshea: also called Joshua t 13:16 Jehoshua: or, Joshua § 13:23 brook: or, valley 
ok 
13:24 brook: or, valley tt 13:24 Eshcol: that is, A cluster of grapes +t 13:32 men...: Heb. men of statures 


Numbers 14:4 120 Numbers 14:38 


wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4 And they said 
one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children 
of Israel. 

6q And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the 
land, rent their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The 
land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then 
he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. ° Only rebel 
not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence 
is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.” 10But all the congregation bade stone 
them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before 
all the children of Israel. 

11q And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be 
ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? !21 will smite them with the 
pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 

13q And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this 
people in thy might from among them;) ™ And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they 
have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy 
cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, andina 
pillar of fire by night. 

15 q Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame 
of thee will speak, saying, !© Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which 
he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let 
the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, !8 The LORD is longsuffering, 
and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech 
thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven 
this people, from Egypt even until now. 

20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 2! But as truly as I live, all the earth 
shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my 
miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and 
have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, 
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another 
spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his 
seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn 
you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 

26q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which 
murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur 
against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, 
so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, 
according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against 
me, °° Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, 
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.8 31 But your little ones, which ye said 
should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But 
as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the 
wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.”* 
34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall 
ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.tt 351 the LORD have 
said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this 
wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 

36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation 
to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 3” Even those men that did bring up 
the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and 





* 
14:9 defence: Heb. shadow t 14:19 until...: or, hitherto + 14:23 Surely...: Heb. If they see the land § 14:30 sware: Heb. 
aK 
lifted up my hand 14:33 wander: or, feed tt 14:34 breach...: or, altering of my purpose 


Numbers 14:39 121 Numbers 15:29 


Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 39 And Moses 
told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 

40q And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, 
we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. 4! And 
Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 
42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. *? For the 
Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are 
turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. “4 But they presumed to go up 
unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of 
the camp. 4° Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote 
them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. 


1S 
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 And will make an offering 
by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, 


or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:* 4Then 
shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled 
with the fourth part of an hin of oil. 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt 
thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. © Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for 
a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink 
offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 8 And 
when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace 
offerings unto the LORD: ? Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of 
flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 1° And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, 
for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. !! Thus shall it be done for one bullock, 
or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do 
to every one according to their number. 13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after 
this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. !4 And ifa stranger 
sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 One ordinance shall be both for you 
of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your 
generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. !© One law and one manner shall be 
for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. 

17q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the 
land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer 
up an heave offering unto the LORD. 2° Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave 
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. 2! Of the first of your 
dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. 

22q And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken 
unto Moses, 23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that 
the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 24 Then it shall be, if ought 
be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall 
offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, 
and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.t* 25 And 
the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be 
forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the 
LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: 26 And it shall be forgiven all the 
congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the 
people were in ignorance. 

27 q And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin 
offering. 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he 
sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 
29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the 
children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.§ 





* 
15:3 performing: Heb. separating t 15:24 without...: Heb. from the eyes # 15:24 manner: or, ordinance § 15:29 sinneth: 
Heb. doth 


Numbers 15:30 122 Numbers 16:25 


30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the 


same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.** 31 Because he 
hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut 
off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 

32. q And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks 
upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, 
and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should 
be done to him. 35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the 
congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him 
without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

37q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that 
they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they 
put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may 
look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not 
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: 4°That ye may remember, 
and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. #!I am the LORD your God, which brought 
you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. 


16 
1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of 
Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain 
of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, 
men of renown: 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said 
unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and 


the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?” 
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, 
saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come 
near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. © This do; Take 
you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the 
LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take 
too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 
9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation 
of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand 
before the congregation to minister unto them? 1° And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy 
brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 1 For which cause both thou and 
all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against 
him? 

12q And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: 
13 Js it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill 
us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not 
brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: 
wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.t 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said 
unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt 
one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and 
they, and Aaron, to morrow: !7 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye 
before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you 
his censer. !8 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and 
stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah gathered 
all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory 
of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. 2° And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 
22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, 
and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? 

23q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of 
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of 





K * 
15:30 presumptuously: Heb. with an high hand 16:3 Ye take...: Heb. It is much for you t 16:14 put...: Heb. bore out 


Numbers 16:26 123 Numbers 17:8 


Israel followed him. 2° And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents 
of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 2” So they gat 
up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, 
and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 78 And 
Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done 
them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after 
the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.* 3° But if the LORD make a new thing, and 
the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down 
quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.S 

31 q And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave 
asunder that was under them: 3 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their 
houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained 
to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among 
the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, 
Lest the earth swallow us up also. 

35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that 
offered incense. 

36q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out 
of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these sinners 
against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered 
them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of 
Israel, 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; 
and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: 4° To be a memorial unto the children of 
Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; 
that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. 

41 q But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses 
and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. 42 And it came to pass, when the 
congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle 
of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. 43 And 
Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 

44q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 4° Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as ina 
moment. And they fell upon their faces. 

46 q And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on 
incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath 
gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into 
the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on 
incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and 
the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, 
beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 5° And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. 


17 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one 
of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their 
fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name 
upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay 
them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. 5 And 
it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease 
from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 

6q And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave hima rod apiece, 
for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was 


among their rods.” 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. 
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, 
the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, 





* 
# 16:29 the common...: Heb. as every man dieth § 16:30 make...: Heb. create a creature 17:6 arod...: Heb. a rod for one prince, 
a rod for one prince 


Numbers 17:9 124 Numbers 18:24 


and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children 
of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 

10q And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a 
token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.t 
11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto 
Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the 
tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? 


1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the 
iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may 
be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the 
tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they 
shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 4And 
they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the 
service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge 
of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of 
Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you 
they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore 
thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the 
vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger 
that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 

8q Andthe LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings 
of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the 
anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, 
reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of 
theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for 
thee and for thy sons. 1°In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be 
holy unto thee. And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the 
children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a 
statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the 
best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them 


have I given thee.” 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, 
shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. 4 Every thing devoted in Israel shall 
be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether 
it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and 
the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month 
old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel 
of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. !’ But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or 
the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the 
altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 18 And 
the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 19 All the heave 
offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and 
thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the 
LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 

20q And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou 
have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, 
behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service 
which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children 
of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.t 23 But 
the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: 
it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have 
no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto 
the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children 
of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 





* 
t 17:10 rebels: Heb. children of rebellion 18:12 best: Heb. fat t 18:22 and die: Heb. to die 


Numbers 18:25 125 Numbers 20:2 


25q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, 2° Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children 
of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an 
heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. 2” And this your heave offering shall be 
reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the 
children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all 
your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part 
thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from 
it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of 
the winepress.8 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for 
your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye 
have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest 
ye die. 


19 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which 
the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer 
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto 
Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before 
the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, 
and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: © And the priest shall take cedar wood, and 
hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash 
his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the 
priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and 
bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up 
the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the 
congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. }° And he 
that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall 
be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for 
ever. 

11 q He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.” 12He shall purify 
himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself 
the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any 
man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be 
cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; 
his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the 
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no 
covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the 
open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 1” And for an 
unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water 
shall be put thereto in a vessel:t¥ 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and 
spake it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him 
that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon 
the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, 
and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 2°But the man that shall be 
unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because 
he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; 
he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of 
separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until 
even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it 
shall be unclean until even. 


20 
1Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first 
month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there 





* 
t 18:29 best: Heb. fat 8 18:30 best: Heb. fat 19:11 man: Heb. soul of man t 19:17 ashes: Heb. dust t 19:17 running...: 
Heb. living waters shall be given 


Numbers 20:3 126 Numbers 21:5 


was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against 
Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our 
brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into 
this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come 
up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of 
pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. © And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of 
the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and 
the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 

7q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ® Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, 
thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his 
water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation 
and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. !° And 
Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear 
now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? " And Moses lifted up his hand, and with 
his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and 
their beasts also. 

12q And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the 
eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have 
given them. 3 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and 
he was sanctified in them.” 

14q And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, 
Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:t 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we 
have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried 
unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, 
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy 
country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the 
water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, 
until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come 
out against thee with the sword. !9 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high 
way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing 
else, go through on my feet. 2° And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against 
him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through 
his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. 

22 q And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came 
unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the 
land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land 
which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of 
Meribah.* 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: 26 And strip Aaron of 
his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall 
die there. 2” And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight 
of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his 
son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even 
all the house of Israel. 


21 
1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the 
way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. ? And Israel vowed a 
vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly 
destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened 
to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their 
cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.” 
4q And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: 
and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.t 5 And the people spake against 
God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for 





* * 
20:13 Meribah: that is, Strife t 20:14 befallen...: Heb. found us t 20:24 word: Heb. mouth 21:3 Hormah: that is, Utter 


destruction t 21:4 discouraged: or, grieved: Heb. shortened 


Numbers 21:6 127 Numbers 22:5 


there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD sent 
fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 

7q Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the 
LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses 
prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a 
pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And 
Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten 
any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 

10q And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, 
and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.* 

12 q From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they removed, 
and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the 
Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in 
the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,$ 15 And at 
the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.** 
16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the 
people together, and I will give them water. 

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:tt## 18 The princes digged the 
well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the 
wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 
20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh 
toward Jeshimon.88***ttt 

21q And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy 
land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: 
but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer 
Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel 
into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the 
edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: 
for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt 


in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.+#* 2 For Heshbon was the 
city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all 
his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into 
Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame 
from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 2? Woe 
to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his 
daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 3° We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished 
even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 

31 q Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took 
the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 

33 q And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against 
them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for 
I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou 
didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, 
and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. 


1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by 
ericho. 

‘ 2q And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore 
afraid of the people, because hey were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 
4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, 
as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that 
time. 5He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the 
land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: 





KK 
# 21:11 Ije-abarim: or, heaps of Abarim S o1:14 What... or, Vaheb in Suphah 21:15 lieth: Heb. leaneth tt 21:17 Spring...: 
RR 
Heb, Ascend + 21:17 sing: or, answer §§ 21:20 country: Heb. field 21:20 Pisgah: or, the hill ttt 21:20 Jeshimon: 
8 y' S 
or, the wilderness Ht 21:25 villages: Heb. daughters 


Numbers 22:6 128 Numbers 22:39 


behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:* Come now therefore, I pray 
thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may 
smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, 
and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with 
the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of 
Balak. 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD 
shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. ° And God came unto Balaam, and 
said, What men are these with thee? !° And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of 
Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, '! Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the 
face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive 
them out.t 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: 
for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you 
into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose 
up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 

15 q And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 1° And they came to 
Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from 
coming unto me:* 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou 
sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said 
unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond 
the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. !9 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this 
night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. 2° And God came unto Balaam at night, 
and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I 
shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 2! And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and 
went with the princes of Moab. 

22 q And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for 
an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And 
the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass 
turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the 
way. 24But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall 
on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and 
crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went 
further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was 
kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said 
unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam 
said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now 
would! kill thee. 3° And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever 
since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.8** 31 Then the 
LORD opened 

the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in 
his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.tt 32 And the angel of the LORD said 
unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand 
thee, because thy way is perverse before me:*# 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three 
times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And 
Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way 
against 

me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.S§ 35 And the angel of the LORD said 
unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. 
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 

36 q And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, 
which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I 
not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed 
to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any 
power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam 





* 
22:5 face: Heb. eye t 22:11 I shall...: Heb. I shall prevail in fighting against him # 22:16 Let...: Heb, Be not thou hindered 
from, etc § 22:30 upon...: Heb. who hast ridden upon me 22:30 ever since...: or, ever since thou wast, etc tt 22:31 fell...: 


or, bowed himself + 22:32 to...: Heb. to be an adversary unto thee 88 99:34 displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes 


Numbers 22:40 129 Numbers 24:5 


went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.”** 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent 
to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 4! And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took 
Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of 
the people. 


23 
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven 
rams. ? And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and 
aram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD 


will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.” 
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon 
every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto 
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. © And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, 
he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath 
brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy 
Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not 
defied? ° For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall 
dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 1°Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the 
number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like 
his! 11 nd Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, 
and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to 
speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest 
see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them 
from thence. 

14q And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and 
offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.* 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, 
while I meet the LorD yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go 
again unto Balak, and say thus. !7 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, 
and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And he 
took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 19 God is 
not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he 
not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 2° Behold, I have received commandment 
to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 2! He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither 
hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among 
them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there 
is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time 
it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!§ 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a 
great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink 
the blood of the slain. 

25 q And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam 
answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 

27 q And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; 
peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought 
Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me 
here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 3° And Balak did as Balaam had 
said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 


1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to 
seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.” 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, 
and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. 
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are 
open hath said: 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, 





2k * 
22:39 Kirjath-huzoth: or, a city of streets 23:3 to an...: or, solitary t 23:10 me: Heb. my soul, or, my life t 23:14 


* 
Pisgah: or, the hill S 93:23 against: or, in 24:1 to seek.,.: Heb. to the meeting of t 24:3 whose...: Heb. who had his eyes 
shut, but now opened 


Numbers 24:6 130 Numbers 25:15 


O Israel! © As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes 
which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his 
buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom 
shall be exalted. § God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: 
he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his 
arrows. ° He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he 
that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 

10q And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said 
unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these 
three times. !! Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, 
lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy 
messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, !° If Balak would give me his house full of silver and 
gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; 
but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, 
and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. 

15 q And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose 
eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of 
the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 171 
shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and 
a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of 
Sheth.* 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel 
shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Tacoe shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that 
remaineth of the city. 

20 q And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the 
nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.8** 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took 
up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22Nevertheless 
the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.tt## 23 And he took up his 
parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! 24 And ships shall come from the coast 
of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. #5 And 
Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. 


25 

1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of 
Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed 
down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled 
against Israel. 4And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up 
before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 
5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. 

6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish 
woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who 
were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of 
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin 
in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the 
man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 

10q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, !!Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath 
away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not 
the children of Israel in my jealousy.” 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because 
he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the 
Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a 
prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.t 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was 
slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 





aK 
# 24:17 smite...: or, smite through the princes of S 24:20 the nations: the nations that warred against Israel 24:20 that...: or, 
even to destruction tt 24:22 the Kenite: Heb. Kain +4 24:22 until...: or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive 
* 
25:11 for...: Heb. with my zeal t 25:14 chief...: Heb. house of a father 


Numbers 25:16 131 Numbers 26:37 


16q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, !” Vex the Midianites, and smite them: !8 For they vex you with their wiles, 
wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a 
prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake. 


26 

1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of 
Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty 
years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And 
Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 
4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the 
children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 

5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the 
Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: © Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, 
the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of 
them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ® And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And 
the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous 
in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they 
strove against the LORD: !° And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with 
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they 
became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 

12 q The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the 
family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:*t 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: 
of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.* 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two 
thousand and two hundred. 

15 q The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the 
family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:8 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, 


the family of the Erites:"* 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.tt 
18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty 
thousand and five hundred. 

19q The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 2° And the sons 
of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the 
Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 2! And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of 
the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to 
those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 

23 q Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of 
the Punites:¥* 24 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.§$ 
25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and 
four thousand and three hundred. 

26 q Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family 
of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 2” These are the families of the Zebulunites 
according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 

28 q The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: 
of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the 
Gileadites. 3° These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family 
of the Helekites:”** 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the 
Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the 
Hepherites. 

B q And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters 
of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of 
Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 

35 q These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: 
of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.ttt 36 And these are the 
sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 3” These are the families of the sons of Ephraim 





* 
26:12 Nemuel: also called, Jemuel t 26:12 Jachin: also called, Jarib # 26:13 Zerah: also called, Zohar § 26:15 Zephon: also 
eK 
called, Ziphion 26:16 Ozni: also called, Ezbon tt 26:17 Arod: also called, Arodi +t 26:23 Pua: or, Phuvah §§ 26:24 
KK 
Jashub: or, Job 26:30 Jeezer: also called Abiezer tit 26:35 Becher: also called, Bered 


Numbers 26:38 132 Numbers 27:4 


according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are 
the sons of Joseph after their families. 

38 ¢ The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the 
family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:¥#* 39 of Shupham, the family of 
the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.8§§ 4° And the sons of Bela were Ard and 
Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.” 41 These are 
the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five 
thousand and six hundred. 

42 q These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These 
are the families of Dan after their families.t 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those 
that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 

44 q Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the 
family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family 
of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 4° And the name of the daughter of Asher 
was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of 
them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 

48 q Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the 
family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.+ 
50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them 
were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, 
six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 

52q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses, saying, °3 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the 
number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the 
less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered 
of him.$** 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of 
their fathers they shall inherit. 5° According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between 
many and few. 

57 q And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family 
of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 
58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the 
family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat 
Amram. °° And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare 
to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ©° And unto 
Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. © And Nadab and Abihu died, when they 
offered strange fire before the LORD. © And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three 
thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of 
Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 

63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children 
of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 4 But among these there was not a man of 
them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the 
wilderness of Sinai. 5 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And 
there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 


27 

1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, 
the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his 
daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and 
before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them 
that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, 
and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because 





$44 26:38 Ahiram: also called, Ehi, or, Aharah §§§ 26:39 Shupham...Hupham: also called, Muppim and Huppim . 26:40 Ard: 
P p. PP. pp. 
also called, Addar a 26:42 Shuham: or, Hushim + 26:49 Shillem: also called, Shallum § 26:54 give the more...: Heb. multiply 


aK 
his inheritance 26:54 give the less...: Heb. diminish his inheritance 


Numbers 27:5 133 Numbers 28:18 


he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.” 5 And Moses 
brought their cause before the LORD. 

6q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ? The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt 
surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the 
inheritance of their father to pass unto them. ® And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, 
Ifa man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he 
have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 1° And if he have no brethren, 
then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. " And if his father have no brethren, then 
ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: 
and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. 

12q And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I 
have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto 
thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. !4 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the 
desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the 
water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 

15q And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, !©Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a 
man over the congregation, !” Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and 
which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as 
sheep which have no shepherd. 

18q And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, 
and lay thine hand upon him; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; 
and give him a charge in their sight. 2° And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the 
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 2! And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, 
who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go 
out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the 
congregation. 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before 
Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a 
charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My 
offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to 


offer unto me in their due season.” 3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire 
which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual 
burnt offering.t 4The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at 
even;* 5 Anda tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin 
of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, 
a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an 
hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD 
for a drink offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, 
and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
the LORD. 

9q And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for 
a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: !° This is the burnt offering of every 
sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 

11q And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young 
bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; 12 And three tenth deals of flour 
for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, 
mingled with oil, for one ram; !3 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering 
unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 14 And 
their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a 
ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the 
months of the year. 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside 
the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 

16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. !’ And in the fifteenth 
day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the first day shall be an 





* * 
27:4 done...: Heb. diminished 28:2 a sweet...: Heb. a savour of my rest t 28:3 day by day: Heb. ina day # 28:4 at even: 
Heb. between the two evenings 


Numbers 28:19 134 Numbers 29:27 


holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made 
by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the 
first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: 2° And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled 

with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; *! A several tenth 
deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 22 And one goat for a sin offering, 
to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which 
is for a continual burnt offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, 
the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside 
the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy 
convocation; ye shall do no servile work. 

26 q Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your 
weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: 27 But ye shall offer the 
burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first 
year; 28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth 
deals unto one ram, *9 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; 3° And one kid 
of the goats, to make an atonement for you. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, 
and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. 


oh) 

1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall 
do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. ? And ye shall offer a burnt offering for 
a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without 
blemish: 3 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, 
and two tenth deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 5 And 
one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: © Beside the burnt offering of 
the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink 
offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 

7q And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict 
your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD fora 
sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you 
without blemish: 9 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a 
bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 1° A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven 
lambs: 1! One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual 
burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. 

12q And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do 
no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: 13 And ye shall offer a burnt 
offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, 
and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: ™ And their meat offering shall be 
of flour mingled 

with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram 
of the two rams, !5 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: !¢ And one kid of the 
goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 

17q And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first 
year without spot: 18 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, 
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 19 And one kid of the goats 
for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink 
offerings. 

20q Andon the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; 
21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, 
shall be according to their number, after the manner: 2? And one goat for a sin offering; beside the 
continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 

23 q And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without 
blemish: 24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 25 And one kid of the goats fora sin offering; 
beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 

26q And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 
27 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, 


Numbers 29:28 135 Numbers 31:5 


shall be according to their number, after the manner: 28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the 
continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 

29 q And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without 
blemish: 3° And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 3! And one goat for a sin offering; beside 
the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 

32 q And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without 
blemish: 33 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: *4 And one goat for a sin offering; beside 
the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 

35 q On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: 3°But ye 
shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one 
ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings 
for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 
38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his 
drink offering. 39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your 
freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, 
and for your peace offerings.” 4° And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD 
commanded Moses. 


30 

1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the 
thing which the LORD hath commanded. ? If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to 
bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out 
of his mouth.” 

31f a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house 
in her youth; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and 
her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she 
hath bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of 
her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive 
her, because her father disallowed her. ® And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered 
ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;t 7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace 
at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her 
soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make 
her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of 
none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, 
wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. !° And if she vowed in her husband’s 
house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 1! And her husband heard it, and held his peace at 
her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her 
soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then 
whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall 
not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every 
binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. !4But 
if her husband altogether 

hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are 
upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But 
if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. 
16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between 
the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house. 


1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward 
shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 3? And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of 
yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. 4 Of 
every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.” So there were 
delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 





* * * 
29:39 do: or, offer 30:2 break: Heb. profane t 30:6 she vowed: Heb. her vows were upon her 31:4 Of...: Heb. A 
thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe 


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6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 
priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. 

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the 
males. ® And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and 
Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with 
the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and 
took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 1° And they burnt all their 
cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 1! And they took all the spoil, and all 
the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto 
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at 
the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 

13 q And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet 
them without the camp. !4 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over 
thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.t 15 And Moses said unto them, 
Have ye saved all the women alive? !¢Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel 
of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among 
the congregation of the LORD. 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every 
woman that hath known man by lying with him.* 18 But all the women children, that have not known 
a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: 
whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and 
your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 2° And purify all your raiment, and all that is 
made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.8 

21q And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance 
of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; 2? Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the 
tin, and the lead, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall 
be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the 
fire ye shall make go through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye 
shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 

25q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man 


and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 27 And divide the 
prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between 
all the congregation: 28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: 
one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: 
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. 3° And of 
the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the 
asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge 
of the tabernacle of the LORD.*T 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded 

Moses. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred 
thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand 
beeves, 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of 
women that had not known man by lying with him. 3¢ And the half, which was the portion of them 
that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five 
hundred sheep: 37 And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve. 
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore 
and one. 4° And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two 
persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, 
as the LORD commanded Moses. 4? And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the 
men that warred, 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and 
thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 
45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 4¢ And sixteen thousand persons;) 47 Even of the children 
of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, 
which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 

48 q And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains 
of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum 





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t 31:14 battle: Heb. host of war $ 31:17 him: Heb. a male § 31:20 that...: Heb. instrument, or, vessel of skins 31:26 
that...: Heb. of the captivity tt 31:30 flocks: or, goats 


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of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.*# 5° We have 
therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, 
and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.SS 
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold 
of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of 


hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.*** 53 (For the men of war had taken 
spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of 
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for 
the children of Israel before the LORD. 


1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when 
they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 2 The 
children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, 
and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and 
Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, t# 4 Even the country which the LORD smote 
before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 5 Wherefore, said 
they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and 
bring us not over Jordan. 

6q And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go 
to war, and shall ye sit here? 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from 
going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?8 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them 
from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the 
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which 
the LORD had given them. !° And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 
4 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the 
land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed 


me:*” 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly 
followed the LORD. !3 And the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in 
the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was 
consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment 
yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again 
leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. 

16 q And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities 

for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we 
have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of 
the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have 
inherited every man his inheritance. !9 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or 
forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 
20 q And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, 
21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies 
from before him, 2? And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be 
guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. 
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you 
out. 24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded 
out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, 
Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 2° Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, 
shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 2” But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before 
the LORD to battle, as my lord saith. 

28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the 
chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 2? And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad 
and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, 
and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 
30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of 








+H 31:49 charge: Heb. hand 88 31:50 gotten: Heb. found are 31:52 offering: Heb. heave offering 32:3 Nimrah: also 
called, Beth-nimrah t 32:3 Shebam: also called, Shibmah t 32:3 Beon: also called, Baal-meon § 32:7 discourage: Heb. break 
. 32:11 wholly...: Heb. fulfilled after me 


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Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath 
said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of 
Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. 33 And Moses gave unto 
them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh 
the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, 
the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 

34q And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, 
and Jogbehah,tt 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.*# 37 And the 
children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their 
names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.8§ 
39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the 
Amorite which was in it. 4° And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt 
therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them 
Havoth-jair. 44 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after 
his own name. 


1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with 
their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to 
their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their 
goings out. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first 
month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the 
sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten 
among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. > And the children of Israel removed 
from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which 
is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, 
which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol. ® And they departed from before Pi- 
hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey 
in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto 
Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched 
there. 1° And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. !! And they removed from the 
Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of 
Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 3 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. 14 And 
they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 
15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from 
the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.* 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, 
and encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. !9 And they 
departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. 2° And they departed from Rimmon-parez, 
and pitched in Libnah. 2! And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. 22 And they journeyed 
from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount 
Shapher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they removed 
from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 2° And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at 
Tahath. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and 
pitched in Mithcah. 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 3° And they departed 
from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in 
Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 33 And they went 
from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at 
Ebronah. 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. 36 And they removed from 
Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. 3” And they removed from Kadesh, 
and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 And Aaron the priest went up into 
mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children 
of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And Aaron was an 
hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 4° And king Arad the Canaanite, 
which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And 
they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 4? And they departed from Zalmonah, and 








Tt 32:35 Jaazer: also called, Jazer +t 32:36 Beth-nimrah: also called, Nimrah 8§ 32:38 gave...: Heb. they called by names the 


* 
names of the cities 33:16 Kibroth-hattaavah: that is, the graves of lust 


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pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. 44 And they departed from 
Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.t 45 And they departed from lim, and pitched 
in Dibon-gad. 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. 47 And they 
removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they 
departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 
49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.* 

50q And the LORD spake 

unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 5! Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 52 Then ye shall drive 
out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their 
molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of 
the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall divide the land 
by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and 
to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his 


lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.8** 55 But if ye will not drive out the 
inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of 
them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye 
dwell. 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. 


34 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even 
the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness 
of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea 
eastward: 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: 
and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, 
and pass on to Azmon: 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and 
the goings out of it shall be at the sea. ® And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea 
for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye 
shall point out for you mount Hor: ®From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance 
of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: 

9q And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be 
your north border. 1° And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham: 1! And the 
coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and 


shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:” 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, 
and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round 
about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit 
by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: !4 For the tribe 
of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad 
according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh 
have received their inheritance: 15The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on 
this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. 

16 Andthe LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the 
land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every 
tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, 
Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 2° And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of 
Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of 
Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. #4 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel 
the son of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of 
Parnach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the 
prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they whom the LORD commanded 
to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. 





i 33:44 Ije-abarim: or, heaps of Abarim + 33:49 Abel-shittim: or, the plains of Shittim § 33:54 give the more...: Heb. multiply 
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his inheritance 33:54 give the less...: Heb. diminish his inheritance 34:11 side of the sea: Heb. shoulder of the sea 


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ihe) 


1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command 
the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to 
dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities 
shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and 
for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from 
the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without 
the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the 
west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the 
midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. © And among the cities which ye shall give unto 
the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may 
flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.” 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to 
the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which 
ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give 
many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites 
according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.t 


9q And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, !° Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; !! Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities 
of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.* 12 And they 
shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before 
the congregation in judgment. !3 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for 
refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of 
Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of 
Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person 
unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a 
murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, 
wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 or 
if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: 
the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: 
when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 2° But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of 
wait, that he die; 2! Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely 
be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth 
him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying 
of wait, 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he 
die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 24Then the congregation shall judge between the 
slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: 25 And the congregation shall deliver 
the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city 
of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was 
anointed with the holy oil. 2 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of 
his refuge, whither he was fled; 2” And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city 


of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:** 28 Because he 
should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death 
of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for 
a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 3° Whoso killeth 
any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not 
testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of 
a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.tt 32 And ye shall take no 
satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, 
until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the 
land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that 
shed it.¥¥ 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell 
among the children of Israel. 





* 
35:6 to them...: Heb. above them ye shall give t 35:8 he...: Heb. they inherit # 35:11 at...: Heb. by error 8 35:17 with... 


Heb. with a stone of the hand sd 35:27 he...: Heb. no blood shall be to him tt 35:31 guilty...: Heb. faulty to die + 35:33 
the land cannot...: Heb. there can be no expiation for the land 


Numbers 36:1 141 Numbers 36:13 


1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of 
Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the 
princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: 2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to 
give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the 
LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married 
to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken 
from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they 


are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.” 4 And when the jubile of the children 
of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they 


are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.t 
5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe 
f the sons of Joseph hath said well. © This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning 
the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family 
of the tribe of their father shall they marry.* 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel 
remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance 
f the tribe of his fathers.$ 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the 
children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of 
Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from 
one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his 
own inheritance. 1°Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11 For 
Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto 
their father’s brothers’ sons: 12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the 
son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.” 13 These are 
the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the 
children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 


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* 
36:3 whereunto...: Heb. unto whom they shall be t 36:4 whereunto...: Heb. unto whom they shall be + 36:6 marry: Heb. be 


aK 
wives 8 36:7 keep...: Heb. cleave to the, etc 36:12 into...: Heb. to some that were of the families 


Deuteronomy 1:1 142 Deuteronomy 1:35 


The Fifth Book of Moses, called Deuteronomy 


1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the 


plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.* 
2 (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) 3 And it 
came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake 
unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto 
them; 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of 
Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to 
declare this law, saying, *The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough 
in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the 
places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, 
to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.t 8 Behold, 
I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, 


Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.+ 

9q And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: !°The LORD 
your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The 
LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath 
promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers 
over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15So 
I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over 
thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers 


among your tribes.” 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your 
brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 
17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not 
be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it 
unto me, and I will hear it.tt 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 

19q And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, 
which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and 
we came to Kadesh-barnea. 2° And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, 
which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 2! Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before 
thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be 
discouraged. 

22 q And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they 
shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities 
we shall come. 23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: 24 And 
they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us 
word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding ye 
would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: 2? And ye murmured 
in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, 
to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren 
have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and 
walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.** 2° Then I said unto 
you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. ?°The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight 
for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 3! And in the wilderness, where 
thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye 
went, until ye came into this place. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 33 Who 
went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew 
you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, 
and was wroth, and sware, saying, 3° Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see 





* aK 
1:1 the Red...: or, Zuph t 1:7 all...: Heb. all his neighbours t 1:8 set: Heb. given § 1:13 Take: Heb. Give 1:15 made: 
Heb. gave tt 1:17 respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces + 1:28 discouraged: Heb. melted 


Deuteronomy 1:36 143 Deuteronomy 2:22 


that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 3° Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall 
see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath 
wholly followed the LORD.S§ 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also 
shalt not go in thither. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: 
encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 3? Moreover your little ones, which ye said should 
be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go 
in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 4° But as for you, turn you, and take 
your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, 
We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God 
commanded 

us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 
42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest 
ye be smitten before your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against 
the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.*** 44 And the Amorites, 
which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you 
in Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not 
hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the 
days that ye abode there. 


2 
1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD 
spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2? And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye 
have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, 
saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and 
they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5 Meddle not with them; for I 
will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto 


Esau for a possession.” © Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy 
water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works 
of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy 
God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. 

8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the 
way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness 
of Moab. ? And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: 
for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot 
for a possession.t 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the 
Anakims; 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 
12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had 
destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, 
which the LORD gave unto them.?§ 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we 
went over the brook Zered.** 1 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were 
come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were 
wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.'T 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD 
was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 

16 q So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 
17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this 
day: 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress 

them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any 
possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 2° (That also was accounted 
a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;** 21 4 
people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they 
succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, 
when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead 





EK * 
S§ 136 wholly...: Heb. fulfilled to go after 1:43 went...: Heb. ye were presumptuous, and went up 2:5 no...: Heb, even to 
the treading of the sole of the foot t 2:9 Distress...: or, Use no hostility against Moab + 2:12 succeeded: Heb. inherited § 2:12 


eK 
stead: or, room 2:13 brook: or, valley tt 2:14 brook: or, valley + 2:20 Zamzummims: also called, Zuzims 


Deuteronomy 2:23 144 Deuteronomy 3:19 


even unto this day: 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which 
came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 

24 q Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine 
hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in 
battle.8§ 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are 
under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because 
of thee. 

26 q And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with 
words of peace, saying, 2” Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither 
turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give 
me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; 2? (As the children of Esau 
which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan 
into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 3° But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass 
by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver 
him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 3! And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give 
Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32Then Sihon came 
out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before 
us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and 


utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:*** 
35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From 
Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, 
there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 3” Only unto the land 
of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities 
in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. 


1Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he 
and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, 
and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king 
of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the 
king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we 
took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all 
the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, 
and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. ° And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon 
king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, 
and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand 
of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto 
mount Hermon; ? (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 1° All the 
cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og 
in Bashan. " For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was 
a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, 
and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 

12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half 
mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And the rest of 
Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region 
of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 4 Jair the son of Manasseh took all 
the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, 
Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 5 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and 
unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto 
the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; !’ The plain also, and Jordan, and the 
coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah 
eastward.” 

18 q And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to 
possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for 


the war.t 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) 





BRK * 
SS 9.04 begin...: Heb. begin, possess 2:34 the men...: Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones Say 
Ashdoth-pisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill t 3:18 meet...: Heb. sons of power 


Deuteronomy 3:20 145 Deuteronomy 4:23 


shall abide in your cities which I have given you; 2° Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, 
as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them 
beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 

21q And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God 
hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. 
22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. 23 And I besought the LORD at 
that time, saying, 240 Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty 
hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according 
to thy might? 251 pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly 
mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: 
and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 2” Get thee up into 
the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and 
behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.* 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage 
him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit 
the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. 


4 

1Now therefore hearken, 0 Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for 
to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth 
you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, 
that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have 
seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy 
God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive 
every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my 
God commanded 

me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this 
is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, 
and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, 
who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And 
what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set 
before you this day? ? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things 
which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them 
thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; 1° Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, 
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, 
that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach 
their children. !! And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with 
fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.” 12 And the LORD spake unto 
you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard 
a voice.t 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten 
commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 

14q And the LORD commanded 

me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither 
ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of 
similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye 
corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or 
female, 1” The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in 
the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth: 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the 
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and 
serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.* 2° But 
the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto 
him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 2! Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your 
sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, 
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go 
over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye 
forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or 





* 
+ 3:27 Pisgah: or, the hill 4:11 midst: Heb. heart t 4:12 only...: Heb. save a voice + 4:19 divided: or, imparted 


Deuteronomy 4:24 146 Deuteronomy 5:9 


the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 24For the LORD thy God is a 
consuming fire, even a jealous God. 

25 q When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the 
land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do 
evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: #61 call heaven and earth to witness 
against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan 
to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 2”? And the LORD 
shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither 
the LORD shall lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, 
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy 
God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 3° When thou art in 
tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD 
thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;§ 31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not 
forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man 
upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such 
thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking 
out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a 
nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by 
a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your 
God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that 
the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 3¢ Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that 
he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words 
out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after 
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; °8 To drive out nations 
from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an 
inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD 
he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 4° Thou shalt keep therefore 
his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, 
and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the 
LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. 

41q Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; 42 That the slayer might 
flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing 
unto one of these cities he might live: 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the 
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 

44q And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: 45 These are the testimonies, 
and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came 
forth out of Egypt, 4¢On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king 
of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were 
come forth out of Egypt: 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of 
the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank 
of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4? And all the plain on this side Jordan 
eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. 


1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, 0 Israel, the statutes and judgments which 
I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.” 2The LORD our God 
made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, 
even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out 
of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the 
LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 

64 1am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.t 
7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. ® Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any 
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters 
beneath the earth: ° Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth 





* 
§ 4:30 are...: Heb. have found thee 5:1 keep...: Heb. keep to do them if 5:6 bondage: Heb. servants 


Deuteronomy 5:10 147 Deuteronomy 6:10 


generation of them that hate me, 1° And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep 
my commandments. !! Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will 
not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD 
thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: !4 But the seventh 
day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, 
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well 
as thou. 5 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God 
brought 

thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God 
commanded 

thee to keep the sabbath day. 

16 q Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days 
may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 
17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. !9 Neither shalt thou steal. 2° Neither 
shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, 
neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his 
ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 

22 q These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 
of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them 
in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain 
did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 4 And 
ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his 
voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 
25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the 
LORD our God any more, then we shall die.* 26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of 
the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near, and hear all 
that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto 
thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto 
me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have 
spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 0 that there were such an heart 
in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with 
them, and with their children for ever! 3° Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 3 But as for 
thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and 
the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to 
possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not 
turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God 
hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your 
days in the land which ye shall possess. 


1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God 


commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:* 2 That thou 
mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command 
thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 

3 q Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may 
increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with 
milk and honey. 

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: > And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. © And these words, which I command thee 
this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt 
talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest 
down, and when thou risest up.t 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall 
be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy 
gates. 19 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware 





* 
# 5:25 hear: Heb. add to hear 6:1 go: Heb. pass over i 6:7 teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen 


Deuteronomy 6:11 148 Deuteronomy 7:18 


unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou 
buildedst not, ™ And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou 
diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be 
full; !2 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from 
the house of bondage.* 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his 
name. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15 (For 
the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against 
thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 

16q Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 

17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his 
statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight 
of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which 
the LORD sware unto thy fathers, !9To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath 
spoken. 2° And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the 
statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?§ 21 Then thou shalt say 
unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a 
mighty hand: 22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, 
and upon all his household, before our eyes:** 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might 
bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And the LORD commanded 

us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us 
alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments 
before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. 


1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and 
hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the 
Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier 
than thou; 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and 
utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3 Neither 
shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter 
shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve 
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus 
shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their 
groves, and burn their graven images with fire.” 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: 
the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon 
the face of the earth. 7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more 
in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8But because the LORD loved you, and 
because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you 
out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh 
king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; 
10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that 
hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 1! Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the 
statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 

12q Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that 
the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:t 
13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, 
and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks 
of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above 
all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the 
LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou 
knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 1° And thou shalt consume all the 
people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither 
shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These 
nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? !8Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well 





RK * 
t 6:12 bondage: Heb. bondmen or, servants § 6:20 in..: Heb. to morrow 6:22 sore: Heb. evil 7:5 their images: Heb. 
their statues, or, pillars t 7:12 if: Heb. because 


Deuteronomy 7:19 149 Deuteronomy 9:4 


remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 19 The great temptations 
which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out 
arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people 
of whom thou art afraid. 2° Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they 
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 2! Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: 
for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. 22 And the LORD thy God will put out 
those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of 
the field increase upon thee.* 23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy 
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.§ 24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine 
hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before 
thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou 
shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: 
for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine 
house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor 
it; for it is a cursed thing. 


1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, 
and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou 
shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to 
humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his 
commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, 
which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth 
not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 
4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also 
consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth 

his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. © Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of 
the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a 
good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 8A 
land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;* 
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land 
whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 

10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land 
which he hath given thee. ! Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his 
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when 
thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds 
and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the 
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, 
wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee 
forth water out of the rock of flint; 1 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers 
knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; 
17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. !8But 
thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may 
establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do 
at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify 
against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 2° As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before 
your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. 


9 
1Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier 
than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, ? A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, 
whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! 
3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a 
consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou 
drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thine 





* 
t 7:22 put...: Heb. pluck off § 7:23 unto...: Heb. before thy face 8:8 of oil...: Heb. of olive tree of oil 


Deuteronomy 9:5 150 Deuteronomy 10:5 


heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness 
the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD 
doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine 
heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God 
doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto 
thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ® Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not 
this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. 

7q Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: 
from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have 
been rebellious against the LORD. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD 
was angry with you to have destroyed you. ? When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables 
of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount 
forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: !° And the LORD delivered 

unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to 
all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of 
the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me 
the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. !2 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee 
down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted 
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made 
them a molten image. !3 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, 
behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from 
under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came 
down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my 
two hands. 16 And] looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a 
molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And1 
took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. !8 And I fell 
down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink 
water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke 
him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth 
against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. 29 And the LORD was 
very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 2! AndI took 
your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, 
even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the 
mount. 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. 
23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which 
I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed 
him not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I 
knew you. 25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; 
because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 21 prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord 
GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, 
which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their 
sin: 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them 
into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay 
them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out 
by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. 


10 

1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come 
up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words 
that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an 
ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, 
having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the 
ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the 
day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.” 5 And I turned myself and came down from 


the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded 
me. 





10:4 commandments: Heb. words 


Deuteronomy 10:6 151 Deuteronomy 11:17 


6 q And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: 
there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his 
stead. 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers 
of waters. 

8 q At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, 
to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 Wherefore 
Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the 
LORD thy God promised him. 1° And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and 
forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy 
thee.t 11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in 
and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.* 

12q And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require 

of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the 
LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and 
his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of 
heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. 15 Only the LORD had a delight 
in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this 
day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. 17 For the LORD 
your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not 
persons, nor taketh reward: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth 
the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. !9 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers 
in the land of Egypt. 2° Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou 
cleave, and swear by his name. 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great 
and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore 
and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. 


11 

1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his 
judgments, and his commandments, alway. 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children 
which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, 
his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst 
of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 4 And what he did unto the army of 
Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them 
as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; 5 And what he did 
unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; ® And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, 
the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened 

her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that 
was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:*t 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the 
LORD which he did. 

8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be 
strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; 9 And that ye may prolong your days 
in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that 
floweth with milk and honey. 

10 q For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye 
came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: ! But the 
land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 
12 4 Jand which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from 
the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year+ 

13. q And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I 
command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with 
all your soul, !4 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter 
rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy 
fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.8 1° Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be 
not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; !” And then the LORD’s wrath 





* 
t 10:10 first...: or, former days t 10:11 take...: Heb. go in journey 11:6 substance...: or, living substance which followed them 
if 11:6 was...: Heb. was at their feet # 11:12 careth...: Heb. seeketh § 11:15 send: Heb. give 


Deuteronomy 11:18 152 Deuteronomy 12:16 


be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not 
her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. 

18 q Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a 
sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your 
children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when 
thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 2° And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine 
house, and upon thy gates: 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the 
land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 

22 q For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to 
love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the LORD drive out 
all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. 
24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and 
Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 25 There 
shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread 
of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 

26 q Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the 
commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye will not 
obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you 
this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 2? And it shall come to pass, when the LORD 
thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the 
blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. 3° Are they not on the other side Jordan, 
by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign 
over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 3! For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the 
land which the LORD your God giveth 

you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and 
judgments which I set before you this day. 


12 

1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD 
God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly 
destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high 
mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:” 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and 
break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their 
gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.t 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. 

5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name 
there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: © And thither ye shall bring 
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your 
vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye 
shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your 
households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we 
do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the 
rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. 1° But when ye go over Jordan, and 
dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all 
your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD 
your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; 
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your 
choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:* 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and 
your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is 
within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to thyself that 
thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 14 But in the place which the LORD 
shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all 
that I command thee. 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever 
thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the 
unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. 16 Only ye shall not eat 
the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 





12:2 possess: or, inherit t 12:3 overthrow: Heb. break down + 12:11 your choice...: Heb. the choice of your vows 


Deuteronomy 12:17 153 Deuteronomy 13:11 


17 q Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or 
the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill 
offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: 18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the 
place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, 
and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD 
thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the 
Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.S 

20q When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I 
will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth 
after. 21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, 
then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded 
thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 22 Even as the roebuck and the 
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 23 Only be sure 


that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.** 
24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it 
may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the 
sight of the LORD. 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto 
the place which the LORD shall choose: 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the 
blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon 
the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which 
I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou 
doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. 

29q When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess 
them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;tt 30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not 
snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not 
after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.#* 31 Thou 
shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have 
they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their 
gods. 8§ 32 What thing soever Icommand you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish 
from it. 


13 

11f there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other 
gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of 
that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth 

you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye 
shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, 
and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. > And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be 
put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you 
out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way 
which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst 
of thee.” 

6 q If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy 
friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which 
thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about 
you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of 
the earth; § Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, 
neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: ° But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand 
shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 1° And thou 
shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD 
thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.t 11 And all Israel 
shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 





aK 
§ 1219 as long...: Heb. all thy days 12:23 be...: Heb. be strong tt 12:29 succeedest...: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest them 


* 
+ 12:30 by...: Heb. after them S§ 12:31 tothe: Heb. of the 13:5 to turn...: Heb. revolt against the LORD t 13:10 bondage: 
Heb. bondmen 


Deuteronomy 13:12 154 Deuteronomy 14:29 


12 q If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell 
there, saying, !3 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn 
the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;* Then 
shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, ifit be truth, and the thing certain, 
that such abomination is wrought among you; }5 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city 
with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with 
the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, 
and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it 
shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 1” And there shall cleave nought of the cursed 
thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, 
and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers:§ 18 When thou 
shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee 
this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. 


14 

1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness 
between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD 
hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 

3q Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the 
sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, 
and the wild ox, and the chamois.” © And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into 
two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not 
eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and 
the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And 
the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not 
eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 

9q These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: 1° And 
whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. 

11 q Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and 
the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And 
every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his 
kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the 
cormorant, !8 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every 
creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. 2° But of all clean fowls ye may 
eat. 

21 q Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in 
thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the 
LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 

22Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 And 
thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, 
the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that 
thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou 
art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set 
his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and 
bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: 
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or 
for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the 
LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,* 27 And the Levite that is within thy 
gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. 

28 q At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and 
shalt lay it up within thy gates: 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) 
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall 
eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou 
doest. 





* 
t 13:13 the children...: or, naughty men 8 13:17 cursed: or, devoted 14:5 pygarg: or bison: Heb. dishon t 14:26 desireth: 
Heb. asketh of thee 


Deuteronomy 15:1 155 Deuteronomy 16:7 


15 
1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. ? And this is the manner of the release: 
Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his 


neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.” 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest 
exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 4 Save when there shall 
be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee for an inheritance to possess it:t 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy 
God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. © For the LORD thy 
God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not 
borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. 

7q If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which 
the LORD thy God giveth 

thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: ® But thou shalt 
open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he 
wanteth. ° Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year 
of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and 
he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.*§ 10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine 
heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God 
shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. ! For the poor shall never 
cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy 
brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 

12q And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six 
years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. }3 And when thou sendest him 
out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: !4Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy 
flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed 
thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of 
Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. !¢ And it 
shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, 
because he is well with thee; 1” Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, 
and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall 
not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double 
hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou 
doest. 

19q All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD 
thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 
20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, 
thou and thy household. 2! And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill 
blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the 
unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat 
the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. 


16 

1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of 
Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2? Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the 
passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to 
place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened 
bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: 
that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of 
thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall 
there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the 
morning. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee:” But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou 
shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth 
out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and 





* 
15:2 creditor: Heb. master of the lending of his hand tt 15:4 Save...: or, To the end that there be no poor among you + 15:9 
* 
thought: Heb. word § 15:9 wicked: Heb. Belial 16:5 sacrifice: or, kill 


Deuteronomy 16:8 156 Deuteronomy 17:12 


thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and 
on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.t 

9q Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as 
thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. 1° And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD 
thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lorp thy God, 
according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:* 1 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, 
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is 
within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place 
which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 12 And thou shalt remember that thou 
wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 

13 q Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy 
corn and thy wine:8 1 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and 
thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, 
that are within thy gates. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the 
place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, 
and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 

16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he 
shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: 
and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to 
the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.** 

18 q Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, 
throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. !9 Thou shalt not wrest 
judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, 
and pervert the words of the righteous.tt 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou 
mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.#* 

21q Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which 
thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.8$ 


17 

1Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any 
evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.” 

2q If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth 

thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in 
transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the 
sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told thee, and 
thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such 
abomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have 
committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with 
stones, till they die. © At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of 
death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the 
witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So 
thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 

8q If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and 
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou 
arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto 
the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew 
thee the sentence of judgment: 1° And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that 
place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that 
they inform thee: According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to 
the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which 
they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. !2 And the man that will do presumptuously, 
and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto 





a 
t 16:8 solemn...: Heb. restraint t 16:10 a tribute: or, sufficiency § 16:13 corn... Heb. floor, and thy winepress 16:17 
as...: Heb. according to the gift of his hand tt 16:19 words: or, matters +4 16:20 That which...: Heb. Justice, justice 8§ 16:22 


image: or, statue, or, pillar 17:1 sheep: or, goat 


Deuteronomy 17:13 157 Deuteronomy 19:2 


the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.t 13 And all the people 
shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. 

14q When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth 

thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as 
all the nations that are about me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD 
thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not 
set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor 
cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD 
hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. !’ Neither shall he multiply wives 
to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 
18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of 
this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he 
shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the 
words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 2° That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, 
and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he 
may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. 


1The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they 
shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. ? Therefore shall they have no 
inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 

3q And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be 
ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4The 
firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt 
thou give him. >For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in 
the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. 

6 q And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with 
all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; 7 Then he shall minister in the 
name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. 8’ They 
shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.” 

9 q When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth 

thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 1° There shall not be found 
among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, 
or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Ora charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, 
or a wizard, or a necromancer. }? For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and 
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt 


be perfect with the LORD thy God.t ™ For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto 
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to 
do.* 

15q The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, 
like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 1° According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in 
Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither 
let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. !7 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken 
that which they have spoken. 181 will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto 
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 
19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in 
my name, I will require it of him. 2° But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, 
which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that 
prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath 
not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to 
pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: 
thou shalt not be afraid of him. 


1 
1When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and 
thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;* 2 Thou shalt separate three 





* 
t 17:12 and will...: Heb. not to hearken 18:8 that...: Heb. his sale by the fathers t 18:13 perfect: or, upright, or, sincere 


* 
t 18:14 possess: or, inherit 19:1 succeedest: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest 


Deuteronomy 19:3 158 Deuteronomy 20:9 


cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt 
prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, 
into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 

4q And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his 
neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;t 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his 
neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head 
slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those 


cities, and live:*8** 6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake 
him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated 
him not in time past.tt#* 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for 
thee. 8 And ifthe LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all 
the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to 
do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then 
shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: !°That innocent blood be not shed in thy 
land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. 

11 q But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite 
him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:8§ 12 Then the elders of his city shall send 
and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine 
eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go 
well with thee. 

14q Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine 
inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth 

thee to possess it. 

15 q One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that 
he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be 
established. 

16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then 
both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and 
the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, 
if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto 
him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among 
you. 2° And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such 
evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 
hand for hand, foot for foot. 


20 

1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people 
more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out 
of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall 
approach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, 0 Israel, ye approach this day 
unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye 
terrified because of them;*t 4For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against 
your enemies, to save you. 

5 q And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new 
house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and 
another man dedicate it. And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of 
it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.* 7 And 
what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his 
house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto 
the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return 
unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.§ 9 And it shall be, when the officers 
have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the 


people.** 





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t 19:4 in...: Heb. from yesterday the third day # 195 head: Heb. iron 8 19:5 helve: Heb. wood 19:5 lighteth...: Heb. 
findeth tT 19:6 slay...: Heb. smite him in life #4 19:6 in...: Heb. from yesterday the third day 88 jo:1 mortally: Heb. in life 
- 19:16 that...: or, falling away . 20:3 faint: Heb. be tender t 20:3 tremble: Heb. make haste # 20:6 eaten...: Heb. made 


aK 
itcommon § 20:8 faint: Heb. melt 20:9 to lead...: Heb. to be in the head of the people 


Deuteronomy 20:10 159 Deuteronomy 21:20 


10q When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 1! And it shall 
be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found 
therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with 
thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 And when the LORD thy God hath 
delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: 14 But 
the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt 
thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath 
given thee.tt 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not 
of the cities of these nations. !¢ But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give 
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy 
them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the 
Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: 18 That they teach you not to do after all their 
abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. 

19 q When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not 
destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt 
not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:*#8§ 20 Only the 
trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and 


thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.”** 


21 

1If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the 
field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and 
they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the 
city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not 
been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring 
down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s 
neck there in the valley: 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy 
God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall 


every controversy and every stroke be tried;* 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain 
man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 7 And they shall answer and 
say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. § Be merciful, O LORD, unto 
thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s 
charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.t 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood 
from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. 

10 q When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered 
them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful 
woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 12 Then thou shalt bring 
her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;* 13 And she shall put the 
raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her 
mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be 
thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; 
but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast 
humbled her. 

15 q Ifa man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both 
the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 16Then it shall be, when he 
maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn 
before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the 
hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his 
strength; the right of the firstborn is his.8 

18 q If aman have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the 
voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: !9Then shall 
his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the 
gate of his place; 2° And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, 





tt 20:14 take: Heb. spoil + 20:19 for the...: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege §§ 20:19 to 
Pp ploy 8 
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employ...: Heb. to go from before thee 20:20 it...: Heb. it come down 21:5 word: Heb. mouth t 21:8 unto thy people 
of: Heb, in the midst, etc t 21:12 pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress § 21:17 that...: Heb. that is found with him 


Deuteronomy 21:21 160 Deuteronomy 22:27 


he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him 
with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 

22q And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang 
him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him 
that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy 


God giveth thee for an inheritance.”* 


22 

1Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in 
any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2? And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know 
him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek 
after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt 
thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast 
found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. 

4q Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: 
thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 

5 ¢ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a 
woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 

6 q If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they 
be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the 
dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it 
may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 

8q When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring 
not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 

9 q Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast 
sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.” 

10q Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 

11q Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 

12q Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest 
thyself.t 

13 q If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against 
her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found 
her not a maid: 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens 
of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel’s father shall say 
unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; !” And, lo, he hath given 
occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of 
my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders 
of that city shall take that man and chastise him; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels 
of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon 
a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. 2° But if this thing be 
true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 2! Then they shall bring out the damsel to 
the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because 
she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away 
from among you. 

22 q If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, 
both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. 

23 q If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie 
with her; 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with 
stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath 
humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 

25 q But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then 
the man only that lay with her shall die:* 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the 
damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even 
so is ie matter: 2? For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to 
save her. 





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21:23 accursed...: Heb. the curse of God 22:9 fruit of thy seed: Heb. fulness of the seed t 22:12 quarters: Heb. wings 
t 22:25 force: or, take strong hold of 


Deuteronomy 22:28 161 Deuteronomy 24:3 


28 q If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with 
her, and they be found; 2? Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels 
of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. 

30q A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt. 


23 

1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the 
congregation of the LORD. 2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to 
his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 3An Ammonite or Moabite 
shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter 
into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in 
the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor 
of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. > Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto 
Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned 

the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. ® Thou shalt not seek 


their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.” 

7q Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; 
because thou wast a stranger in his land. ® The children that are begotten of them shall enter into 
the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. 

9 q When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 

104 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by 
night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: " But it shall be, 
when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come 


into the camp again.t 
12q Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: 13 And thou 
shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt 


dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:* 14 For the LORD thy God 
walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore 
shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.§ 

15q Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 
16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, 
where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.”** 


174 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.tt 18 Thou 
shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any 
vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 

19q Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any 
thing that is lent upon usury: 2° Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother 
thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine 
hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 

21 q When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD 
thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. 2? But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it 
shall be no sin in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill 
offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy 
mouth. 

24q When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine 
own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of 
thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto 
thy neighbour’s standing corn. 


1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his 
eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, 
and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house." 2 And when she is departed out of his house, 
she may go and be another man’s wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of 





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aK * 

Heb. nakedness of any thing 23:16 liketh...: Heb. is good for him tt 23:17 whore: or, sodomitess 24:1 some...: Heb. 


matter of nakedness T 24:1 divorcement: Heb. cutting off 


Deuteronomy 24:4 162 Deuteronomy 25:10 


divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, 
which took her to be his wife; 4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to 
be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause 
the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 

5 q When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with 
any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.* 

6q No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge. 

7q Ifa man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise 
of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 

8 q Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the 
priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. Remember what 
the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 

10q When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.§ 
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto 
thee. 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: 13 In any case thou shalt deliver 
him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: 
and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. 

14q Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or 
of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither 
shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto 
the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.** 16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither 
shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 

17q Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s 
raiment to pledge: 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy 
God redeemed 

thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 

19q When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou 
shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that 
the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 2° When thou beatest thine olive tree, 
thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the 
widow.'t 21 when thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall 
be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.** 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast 
a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 


25 

11f there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge 
them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked 
man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his 
face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, 
if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile 
unto thee. 

4q Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.” 

5 q If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not 
marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, 
and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.t ¢ And it shall be, that the firstborn which she 
beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 
7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto 
the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will 
not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.* 8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak 
unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto 
him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall 
answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house. !° And his 
name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 





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setteth...: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it tt 24:20 go...: Heb. bough it after thee a 24:21 afterward: Heb. after thee 25:4 
treadeth...: Heb. thresheth t 25:5 her husband’s...: or, her next kinsman # 25:7 brother’s: or, next kinsman’s 


Deuteronomy 25:11 163 Deuteronomy 27:2 


11 q When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver 
her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by 
the secrets: 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 

13 q Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.8 14 Thou shalt not have in 


thine house divers measures, a great and a small.”* 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a 
perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD 
thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination 
unto the LORD thy God. 

17q Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; 18 How 
he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when 
thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God 
hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under 
heaven; thou shalt not forget it. 


1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an 
inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; ? That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit 
of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in 
a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. 
3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto 
the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to 
give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the 
LORD thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was 
my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, 
great, mighty, and populous: 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us 
hard bondage: 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and 
looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: § And the LORD brought us forth out of 
Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, 
and with wonders: 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land 
that floweth with milk and honey. 1° And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which 
thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the 
LORD thy God: 1! And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto 
thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. 

12 q When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is 
the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that 
they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have 
brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and 
unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou 
hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: 141 
have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, 
nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have 
done according to all that thou hast commanded me. 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from 
heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our 
fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 

16 q This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou 
shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 1” Thou hast avouched the 
LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, 
and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to 
be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 
19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; 
and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. 


27 

1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded 
the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on 
the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou 





RK 
§ 25:13 divers...: Heb. a stone and a stone 25:14 divers...: Heb. an ephah and an ephah 


Deuteronomy 27:3 164 Deuteronomy 28:13 


shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 3 And thou shalt write upon them all 
the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD 
thy God giveth 

thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 
4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command 
you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 5 And there shalt thou build an 
altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. © Thou 
shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon 
unto the LORD thy God: 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before 
the LORD thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 

9 q And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O 
Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. !°Thou shalt therefore obey the voice 
of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 

11q And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim 
to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and 
Joseph, and Benjamin: !3 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and 
Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.” 

14q And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, !5 Cursed be the 
man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of 
the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. !©Cursed 
be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be 
he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that 
maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that 
perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 
20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the 
people shall say, Amen. 2! Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall 
say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his 
mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all 
the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall 
say, Amen. 75 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, 
Amen. 26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall 
say, Amen. 


28 
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to 
observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set 
thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake 
thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and 
blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and 
the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. > Blessed shall be thy basket 


and thy store.” 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest 
out. 7The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they 
shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The LORD shall command the 
blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless 
thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. °The LORD shall establish thee an holy people 
unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, 
and walk in his ways. !° And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the 
LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. 1! And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the 
fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the 
LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.*§ 12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the 
heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou 
shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. !3 And the LORD shall make thee the head, 
and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto 
the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 





* 
27:13 to curse: Heb. for a cursing 28:5 store: or, dough, or, kneadingtroughs t 28:8 storehouses: or, barns ¥ o8:11 in 


goods: or, for good § 28:11 body: Heb. belly 


Deuteronomy 28:14 165 Deuteronomy 28:50 


14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, 
or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 

15 q But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe 
to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall 
come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the 
field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit 
of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou 
comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 29The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, 
vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and 
until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.”* 
21The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the 
land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a 
fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, 
and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.tt 23 And thy heaven that is over thy 
head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The LORD shall make the rain of 
thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The 
LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and 
flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.*# 26 And thy 
carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray 
them away. 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the 
scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28The LORD shall smite thee with madness, 
and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth 
in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled 
evermore, and no man shall save thee. 3° Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with 
her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt 
not gather the grapes thereof.8§ 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat 
thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: 


thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.””* 32 Thy sons 
and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing 
for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. °3 The fruit of thy land, and all thy 
labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed 
alway: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The LORD shall 
smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy 
foot unto the top of thy head. 3°The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over 
thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other 
gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all 
nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt 
gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 3? Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but 
shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 4° Thou shalt have 
olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall 
cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go 
into captivity.ttt 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.*#* 43 The stranger 
that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall 
lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 

45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till 
thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his 
commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 4° And they shall be upon thee for a sign 
and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with 
joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve 
thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and 
in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 4°The 
LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a 
nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;§§§ 5° 4 nation of fierce countenance, which shall not 





ok 
28:20 for...: Heb. which thou wouldest do tt 28:22 sword: or, drought +H 28:25 removed: Heb. for a removing 88 98:30 
RK 
gather...: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat 28:31 shall not...: Heb. shall not return to thee Tit 28:41 thou shalt 
not...: Heb. they shall not be thine +t 28:42 consume: or, possess §8§ 28:49 understand: Heb. hear 


Deuteronomy 28:51 166 Deuteronomy 29:12 


regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:” 5! And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, 
and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, 
or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege 
thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout 
all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy 
God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy 
daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith 
thine enemies shall distress thee:t 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his 
eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his 
children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children 
whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith 
thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 5©The tender and delicate woman among you, which 
would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her 
eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, >” And 
toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall 
bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine 
enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.* 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that 
are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 
59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, 
and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. ® Moreover he will bring upon 
thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. ®! Also every 
sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon 
thee, until thou be destroyed.§ ©? And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of 
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. ® And it shall 
come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will 
rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land 
whither thou goest to possess it. 4 Andthe LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end 
of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy 
fathers have known, even wood and stone. ® And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither 
shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of 
eyes, and sorrow of mind: © And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and 
night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: ©” In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were 
even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith 
thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 8 And the LORD shall bring thee 
into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: 
and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 


29 

1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children 
of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 

2q And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before 
your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 3 The great 
temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: 4 Yet the LORD hath not 
given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you 
forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old 
upon thy foot. © Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might 
know that I am the LORD your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, 
and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: 8 And we took their 
land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of 
Manasseh. ° Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that 
ye do. 

104 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, 
and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 1! Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in 
thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou shouldest enter into 
covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this 





* 
28:50 of fierce...: Heb. strong of face t 28:53 body: Heb. belly # 28:57 young one: Heb. afterbirth 8 28:61 bring: Heb. 
cause to ascend 


Deuteronomy 29:13 167 Deuteronomy 30:14 


day:* 13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a 
God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 
Jacob. “Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 15 But with him that standeth 
here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 
16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which 
ye passed by; !7 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, 
which were among them:)t 18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose 
heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest 


there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;* 19 And it come to pass, when he 
heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though 


I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:8** 20The LORD will not spare 
him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses 
that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under 
heaven. 2! And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the 
curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:tt 22 So that the generation to come of 
your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, 


when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;#* 23 And 
that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any 
grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the 
LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD 
done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because 
they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he 
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped 


them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:8$*** 27 and the anger of the 
LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 28 And 
the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them 
into another land, as it is this day. 2? The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things 
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. 


1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, 
which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD 
thy God hath driven thee, ? And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according 
to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return 
and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4If any of thine 
be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather 

thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which 
thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy 
fathers. And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD 
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the LORD thy God will 
put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. ° And 
thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command 
thee this day. 9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the 
fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will 
again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 1°If thou shalt hearken unto the voice 
of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of 
the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 

114 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it 
far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it 
unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who 
shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very 
nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 





* 

29:12 enter: Heb. pass t 29:17 idols: Heb. dungy gods # 29:18 gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh § 29:19 imagination: 
a 

or, stubbornness 29:19 drunkenness...: Heb. the drunken to the thirsty tt 29:21 are: Heb. is + 29:22 which...: Heb. 


RK 
wherewith the LORD hath made it sick 88 29:26 whom he... or, who had not given to them any portion 29:26 given: Heb. 
divided 


Deuteronomy 30:15 168 Deuteronomy 31:21 


15 q See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee 
this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes 
and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the 
land whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but 
shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 18I denounce unto you this day, that ye 
shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over 
Jordan to go to possess it. 19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before 
you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 
20That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest 
cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which 
the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 


31 

1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred 
and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, 
Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy 
these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, 
as the LORD hath said. 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the 
Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And the LORD shall give them up before 
your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded 
you. © Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is 
that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

7q And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a 
good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their 
fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. ’And the LORD, he it is that doth go before 
thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. 

9q And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of 
the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. 1° And Moses commanded them, saying, At 
the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When 
all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt 
read this law before all Israel in their hearing. !2 Gather the people together, men, and women, and 
children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and 
fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: !3 And that their children, which 
have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land 
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 

14q And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and 
present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses 
and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the LORD 
appeared 

. the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the 

tabernacle. 

16q And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will 
rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, 


and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.” 17 Then my anger shall 
be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and 
they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, 
Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?" 18 And I will surely hide my face 
in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, 
that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 2° For when I shall have brought 
them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall 
have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, 
and provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles 
are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten 
out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I 


have brought them into the land which I sware.*§ 





* 
31:16 sleep: Heb. lie down t 31:17 befall: Heb. find + 31:21 against: Heb. before § 31:21 go...: Heb. do 


Deuteronomy 31:22 169 Deuteronomy 32:24 


22 q Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 And he 
gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring 
the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. 

24 q And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, 
until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of 
the LORD, saying, 2° Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy 
stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; 
and how much more after my death? 

28 q Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words 
in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye 
will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will 
befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger 
through the work of your hands. 3° And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the 
words of this song, until they were ended. 


32 


1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine 
shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as 
the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto 
our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without 
iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: 
they are a perverse and crooked generation." ©Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and 
unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? 

7 q Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he 
will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.* 8 When the most High divided to the nations 
their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according 
to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his 
inheritance.8 1°He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, 
he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.** 1 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth 
over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 12 So the LORD 
alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. !3 He made him ride on the high places of 
the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, 
and oil out of the flinty rock; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the 
breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of 
the grape. 

15q But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered 
with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, 
whom your fathers feared not.tt 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten 
God that formed thee. 

19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his 
daughters.** 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they 
are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 2! They have moved me to jealousy with 
that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to 
jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a 
fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her 
increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.88*** 23 | will heap mischiefs upon them; 
I will spend mine arrows upon them. ”4 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning 
heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of 





* 
32:5 They have...: Heb. He hath corrupted to himself T 32:5 their...: or, that they are not his children, that is their blot # S27 
KK 
many...: Heb. generation and generation § 32:9 lot: Heb. cord 32:10 led: or, compassed tt 32:17 not to...: or, which were 
SRK 
not God + 32:19 abhorred: or, despised §§ 32:22 shall burn: or, hath burned 32:22 shall consume: or, hath consumed 


Deuteronomy 32:25 170 Deuteronomy 33:9 


serpents of the dust.ttt 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man 
and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.+##88S 

261 said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from 
among men: 2’ Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave 
themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.” 
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 290 that they were 
wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 3° How should one chase a 
thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut 
them up? 3! For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their 
vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters 
are bitter:t 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up 
in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? 35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; 
their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come 
upon them make haste. 3° For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, 
when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.* 37 And he shall say, Where 
are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank 
the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.§ 

39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and 
I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 4° For I lift up my hand to heaven, and 
say, I live for ever. 41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render 
vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 421 will make mine arrows drunk with 
blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from 
the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge 
the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his 
land, and to his people.” 

44q And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the 
son of Nun.tt 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto 
them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command 
your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it 
is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan 
to possess it. #8 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 49 Get thee up into this 
mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and 
behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: 5° And die in the 
mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount 
Hor, and was gathered unto his people: 5! Because ye trespassed against me among the children of 
Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the 
midst of the children of Israel.*¥ 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither 
unto the land which I give the children of Israel. 


1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his 
death. 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth 
from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for 
them.” 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every 
one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation 
of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were 
gathered together. 

6 q Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 

7q And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto 
his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 

8q And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove 
at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said unto his father and to 





ttt 32:24 heat: Heb. coals +t 32:25 within: Heb. from the chambers §8§ 32:25 destroy: Heb. bereave * 32:27 Our...: or, 
Our high hand, and not the LORD hath done t 32:32 of the vine: or, worse than the vine t 32:36 power: Heb. hand § 32:38 
your...: Heb. an hiding for you ss 32:43 Rejoice... or, Praise his people, ye nations: or, Sing ye tt 32:44 Hoshea: or, Joshua 
+ 32:51 Meribah-Kadesh: or, strife at Kadesh = 33:2 a fiery...: Heb. a fire of law 


Deuteronomy 33:10 171 Deuteronomy 34:9 


his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: 
for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. !° They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, 
and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.t#8 
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that 
rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 

12q And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lorp shall 
cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 

13. q And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for 
the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the 
sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, “tT 15 And for the chief things of the ancient 
mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth 
and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the 
head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory 
is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push 
the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are 
the thousands of Manasseh.** 

18 q And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They 
shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall 
suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 

20q And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm 
with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of 
the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the 
LORD, and his judgments with Israel.8§ 

22q And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 

23 q And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: 
possess thou the west and the south. 

24 q And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, 
and let him dip his foot in oil. 2° Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength 
ber" 

26 ¢ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his 
excellency on the sky. 2” The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and 
he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell 
in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop 
down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield 
of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; 
and thou shalt tread upon their high places.ttt 


34 

1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that 
is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,” 2 And all Naphtali, 
and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, 
and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him, 
This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy 
seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 

5 { So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the 
LORD. © And he buried him ina valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth 
of his sepulchre unto this day. 

7q And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his 
natural force abated. t+ 

8q And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping 
and mourning for Moses were ended. 

9 q And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon 
him: and the children of Israel hearkened 





‘3 33:10 They shall teach: or, Let them teach + 33:10 they shall put: or, let them put § 33:10 before...: Heb. at thy nose es 33:14 
put: Heb. thrust tt 33:14 moon: Heb. moons +4 33:17 unicorns: Heb, an unicorn 8§ 33:21 seated: Heb. cieled ca 33:25 
Thy shoes: or, Under thy shoes ttt 33:29 found...: or, subdued e 34:1 Pisgah: or, the hill t 34:7 natural...: Heb. moisture 
+ 34:7 abated: Heb. fled 


Deuteronomy 34:10 172 Deuteronomy 34:12 


unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 

10q And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 
11Tn all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and 
to all his servants, and to all his land, !2 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which 
Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. 


Joshua 1:1 173 Joshua 2:10 


The Book of Joshua 


1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto 
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go 
over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children 
of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said 
unto Moses. 4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, 
all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your 
coast. > There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with 
Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: 
for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to 


give them.” 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to 
all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, 
that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.t 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy 
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all 
that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good 
success.¥ 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be 
thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 

10 q Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, !! Pass through the host, and 
command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, 
to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth 

you to possess it. 

12q And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, 
saying, 3 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The 
LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. !4 Your wives, your little ones, and 
your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before 
your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;$ 1 Until the LORD have given your 
brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God 
giveth 

them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s 
servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. 

16q And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever 
thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken 
unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he be that doth 
rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest 
him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. 


2 


1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, 


even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.*t 
2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children 
of Israel to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the 
men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the 
country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, 
but I wist not whence they were: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was 
dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall 
overtake them. © But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks 
of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan 
unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 

8 q And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; ? And she said unto the 
men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that 


all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.* 1° For we have heard how the LORD dried up 
the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of 





* 
1:6 unto this...: or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land, etc t 1:7 prosper: or, do wisely t 1:8 have...: or, do wisely 
* 
S 1:14 armed: Heb. marshalled by five 2:1 sent: or, had sent t 2:1 lodged: Heb. lay t 2:9 faint: Heb. melt 


Joshua 2:11 174 Joshua 3:15 


the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as 
soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in 
any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.8 
12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will 
also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token: !3 And that ye will save alive my 
father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives 
from death. !4 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it 


shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.** 5 Then 
she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt 
upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and 
hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. 
17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 
18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which 
thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all 
thy father’s household, home unto thee.tt 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors 
of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever 
shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 2° And if thou 
utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she 
said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound 
the scarlet line in the window. 

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were 
returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 

23 ¢ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to 
Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: #4 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the 
LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint 


because of us.¥# 


1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and 
all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three 
days, that the officers went through the host; 3? And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see 
the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing 

it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and 
it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which 


ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.” 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify 
yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. © And Joshua spake unto the priests, 
saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of 
the covenant, and went before the people. 

7q And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, 
that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. § And thou shalt command the 
priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, 
ye shall stand still in Jordan. 

9q And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your 
God. 1° And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without 
fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and 
the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. !! Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord 
of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the 
tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of 
the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, 
that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall 
stand upon an heap. 

14q And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the 
priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; !5 And as they that bare the ark were come 


unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for 
Jordan overfloweth 





aK 
§ 2:11 did there...: Heb. rose up 2:14 for...: Heb. instead of you to die oF 2:18 bring: Heb. gather +t 2:24 faint: Heb. 
* 
melt 3:4 heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day 


Joshua 3:16 175 Joshua 5:3 


all his banks all the time of harvest,) 1° That the waters which came down from above stood and rose 
up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward 
the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against 
Jericho. !’ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in 
the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed 
clean over Jordan. 


4 

1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto 
Joshua, saying, ? Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3? And command ye 
them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood 
firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where 
ye shall lodge this night. 4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of 
Israel, out of every tribe a man: ° And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your 
God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according 
unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: © That this may be a sign among you, that when 


your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?" 7 Then ye shall 
answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when 
it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto 
the children of Israel for ever. § And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up 
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of 
the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, 
and laid them down there. ? And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where 
the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. 

10 q For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished 
that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded 

Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 1! And it came to pass, when all the people were 
clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over 
armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: !3 About forty thousand prepared for 
war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.t 

14q On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they 
feared Moses, all the days of his life. 5 Andthe LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, !©Command the priests 
that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded 
the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark 
of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet 
were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over 
all his banks, as they did before.*8 

19q And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in 
Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 

20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake 
unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 
What mean these stones?”” 22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan 
on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were 
passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were 
gone over: 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that 
ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.tt 


1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, 
and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters 
of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither 
was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 


2q At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the 
children of Israel the second time.” 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children 





* 
4:6 in time...: Heb. to morrow t 4:13 prepared: or, ready armed + 4:18 lifted...: Heb. plucked up § 4:18 flowed: Heb. went 
ok * 
4:21 in time...: Heb. to morrow tt 4:24 for ever: Heb. all days 5:2 sharp...: or, knives of flints 


Joshua 5:4 176 Joshua 6:16 


of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.¥ 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people 
that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after 
they came out of Egypt. > Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that 
were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 
6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, 
which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom 
the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that 
he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 7 And their children, whom he raised up in 
their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised 
them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they 
abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.S 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day 
have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal 


unto this day.** 

10q And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of 
the month at even in the plains ofJericho. 1! And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow 
after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 

12q And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither 
had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 

13 q And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, 
behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto 
him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of 
the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and 
said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?+t 15 and the captain of the LORD’s host said unto 
Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did 
SO. 


1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came 


in.” 2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, 
and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about 
the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets 
of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow 
with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, 
and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall 
of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.t 

6q And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, 
and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD. 7 And he said 
unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the 
LORD. 

8q And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the 
seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark 
of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 

9q And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came 
after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.* 10 And Joshua had commanded the 
people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed 
out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 1 So the ark of the LORD 
compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 

12q And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13 And seven 
priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and 
blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of 
the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And the second day they compassed 
the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh 
day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner 
seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh 





t 5:3 sharp...: or, knives of flints t 5:3 the hill...: or, Gibeah-haaraloth 8 5:8 they had...: Heb. the people had made an end to be 
ct * 

circumcised 5:9 Gilgal: that is Rolling tt 5:14 captain: or, prince 6:1 was...: Heb. did shut up, and was shut up t 6:5 

flat: Heb. under it + 6:9 rereward: Heb. gathering host § 6:10 any noise...: Heb. your voice to be heard 


Joshua 6:17 177 Joshua 7:14 


time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath 
given you the city. 

17q And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the 
harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we 


sent.” 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, 
when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.tt## 19 But all 
the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into 
the treasury of the LORD.S8 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it 
came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great 
shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before 


him, and they took the city." 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and 
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 But Joshua had said 
unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the 
woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and 
brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they 


brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.ttt 24 And they burnt the city 
with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, 
they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and 
her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she 
hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 

26q And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up 
and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest 
son shall he set up the gates of it. 27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout 
all the country. 


1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, 
the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger 


of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel."t 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, 
which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the 
country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let 
not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all 


the people to labour thither; for they are but few.* 4So there went up thither of the people about three 
thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and 
six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going 
down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.S 

6q And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until 
the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord 
GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the 
Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 80 


Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!** 9 For the Canaanites and 
all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from 
the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 

10q And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? tt 11 Israel 
hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have 
even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even 
among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but 
turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any 
more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. !5 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify 
yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the 
midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed 
thing from among you. In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and 





ok 
6:17 accursed: or, devoted tt 6:18 accursed: or, devoted + 6:18 acurse: or, devoted §§ 6:19 consecrated: Heb. holiness 
RK * 
6:20 flat: Heb. under it ttt 6:23 kindred: Heb. families 7:1 Achan: also called, Achar t 7:1 Zabdi: also called, Zimri 
aK 
t 7:3 about...: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men § 7:5 in...: or, in Morad 7:8 backs: Heb. necks 


tt 7:10 liest: Heb. fallest 


Joshua 7:15 178 Joshua 8:15 


it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the 
family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall 
take shall come man by man. }° And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be 
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and 
because he hath wrought folly in Israel.#+ 

16 { So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of 
Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he 
brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 8 And he brought his household 
man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was 
taken. 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and 
make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 2° And Achan 
answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus 
have I done: 2! When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels 
of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, 
they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.88 

22 q So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and 
the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, 
and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.*** 24 And Joshua, and all Israel 
with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and 
his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he 
had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? 
the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with 
fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto 
this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was 


called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.ttt 


8 

1Andthe LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with 
thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, 
and his land: ? And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the 
spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for 
the city behind it. 

3 { So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty 
thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, 
Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be 
ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come 
to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, ° (For they will 
come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at 


the first: therefore we will flee before them.” 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon 
the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken 
the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, 
I have commanded you. 

9 q Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el 
and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 1° And Joshua rose up 
early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the 
people to Ai. 11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, 
and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and 
Ai. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on 
the west side of the city.t 13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north 
of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the 
valley.* 

14q And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men 
of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; 
but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel 





KKK 
+ 7:15 folly: or, wickedness 8§ 7:21 wedge: Heb. tongue 7:23 laid: Heb. poured aa 7:26 Achor: that is, Trouble 
* 
8:6 drawn: Heb. pulled t 8:12 of...: or, of Ai t 8:13 liers...: Heb. lying in wait 


Joshua 8:16 179 Joshua 9:10 


made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people 
that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were 
drawn away from the city. !” And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after 
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch 
out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched 
out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their 
place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took 
it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, 
behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that 
way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua 
and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then 
they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they 
were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that 
they let none of them remain or escape. 

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel 
had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased 
them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the 
Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell 
that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not 
his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants 
of Ai. 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto 
the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for 
ever, even a desolation unto this day. 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as 
soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, 
and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth 
unto this day. 

30 q Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, 3! As Moses the servant of 
the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of 
whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto 
the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. 

32 q And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence 
of the children of Israel. °3 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on 
this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant 
of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount 
Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded 
before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, 
the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a 
word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with 


the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.”* 


1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, 
and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, 
the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; 2 That they gathered themselves together, to 


fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.” 

3 q And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They 
did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their 
asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and 
old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. © And they went 
to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a 
far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, 
Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 8 And they said unto 
Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? 
9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the 
LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 1° And all that he did 
to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king 





KK * 
§ 8:20 power: Heb. hand 8:35 were...: Heb. walked 9:2 accord: Heb. mouth 


Joshua 9:11 180 Joshua 10:11 


of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. !! Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country 
spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, 
We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.t 12 This our bread we took hot for our 
provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it 
is mouldy: 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these 
our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And the men took 
of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.* 

15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes 
of the congregation sware unto them. 

16 q And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they 
heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel 
journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, 
and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of 
the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured 
against the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by 
the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 2° This we will do to them; we will 
even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. 21 And the 
princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all 
the congregation; as the princes had promised them. 

22 q And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, 
saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there 
shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the 
house of my God.§ 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, 
how that the LORD thy God commanded 

his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before 
you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, 
behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did 
he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for 


the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose."* 
10 


1 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and 
had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and 
how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; 2? That they feared 
greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, 


and all the men thereof were mighty.” 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham 
king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king 
of Eglon, saying, “Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace 
with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of 
Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered 
themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made 
war against it. 

6q And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from 
thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that 
dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. 

7So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of 
valour. 

8q And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there 
shall not a man of them stand before thee. Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up 
from Gilgal all night. 1° And the LORD discomfited 

them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way 
that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 1! And it came to pass, as 
they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great 





t 9:11 with you: Heb. in your hand + 9:14 the men...: or, they received the men by reason of their victuals § 9:23 none...: Heb. 
ct * 
not be cut off from you 9:27 made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be 10:2 royal...: Heb. cities of the kingdom 


Joshua 10:12 181 Joshua 10:40 


stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones 
than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 

12 q Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before 
the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, 
Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.t 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had 
avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood 
still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.* 14 And there was no day 
like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought 
for Israel. 

15 q And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 But these five kings 
fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. !” And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are 
found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, 
and set men by it for to keep them: !9 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the 
hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered 
them into your hand.8 2° And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end 
of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of 
them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah 
in peace: none moved his tongue against any of t the children of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the 
mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and 
brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the 
king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought 
out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called 

for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come 
near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks 
of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for 
thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote 
them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the 
evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and 
they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid 
great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day. 

28 q And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king 
thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did 
to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 2? Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and 
all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 3° And the LORD delivered 

it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and 
all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the 
king of Jericho. 

31q And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, 
and fought against it: 32 And the LORD delivered 

Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 

33 q Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until 
he had left him none remaining. 

34 q And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against 
it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all 
the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 
36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 
37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities 
thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done 
to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 

38 q And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: 39 And he took it, 
and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and 
utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so 
he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 

40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, 
and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of 





ss 10:12 stand...: Heb. be silent + 10:13 Jasher: or, the upright? § 10:19 smite...: Heb. cut off the tail 


Joshua 10:41 182 Joshua 12:3 


Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country 
of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 4? And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because 
the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp 
to Gilgal. 


1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of 
Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, ? And to the kings that were on the 
north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of 
Dor on the west, 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, 
and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of 
Mizpeh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is 
upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. > And when all these kings were 


met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.” 

6q And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time 
will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots 
with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom 
suddenly; and they fell upon them. 8 And the LORD delivered 

them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto 
Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them 
none remaining.* 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and 
burnt their chariots with fire. 

10q And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: 
for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were 
therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he 
burnt Hazor with fire.8 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, 
and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the 
LORD commanded. !3 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, 


save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.”* 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children 
of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until 
they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 

15q As the LORD commanded 

Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all 
that the LORD commanded 

Moses.!! 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of 
Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 17 Even 
from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount 
Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.** 18 Joshua made war a long 
time with all those kings. !9 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the 
Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. 2° For it was of the LORD to harden 
their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and 
that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. 

21q And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from 
Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua 
destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the 
children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 23 So Joshua took the whole 
land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel 
according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. 


1Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land 
on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and 
all the plain on the east: 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, 
which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, 
even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3 And from the plain to the 





* 

11:5 met...: Heb. assembled by appointment t 11:8 great Zidon: or, Zidonrabbah t 11:8 Misrephoth-maim: or, Salt pits: Heb. 
a 

Burnings of waters § iin any...: Heb, any breath 11:13 in their...: Heb. on their heap tt 11:15 left...: Heb. removed 


nothing + 11:17 the mount...: or, the smooth mountain 


Joshua 12:4 183 Joshua 13:21 


sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to 


Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:*t 

4q And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth 
and at Edrei, 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the 
Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. ® Them did 
Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD 
gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 

7q And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side 
Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up 
to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; 8 In 
the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in 
the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the 

ebusites: 

: 9q The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; °The king of Jerusalem, one; 
the king of Hebron, one; !! The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12The king of Eglon, one; 
the king of Gezer, one; !3 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the 
king of Arad, one; 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 16 The king of Makkedah, one; 
the king of Beth-el, one; !” The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; !8 The king of Aphek, one; 
the king of Lasharon, one;* 1° The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 20The king of Shimron- 
meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 2! The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 24 The 
king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the 
king of the nations of Gilgal, one; #4 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. 


13 


1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in 


years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.” 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: 
all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto 
the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the 
Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: 
4From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to 
the borders of the Amorites:t 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from 
Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. All the inhabitants of the hill country 
from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the 
children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded 
thee. 

7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of 
Manasseh, ® With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses 
gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; ? From Aroer, 
that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of 
Medeba unto Dibon; !° And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto 
the border of the children of Ammon; " And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, 
and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; !? All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned 
in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and 
cast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: 
but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 Only unto the 
tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their 
inheritance, as he said unto them. 

15q And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 
16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst 
of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; 1” Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and 
Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,* !8 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, 
and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 2° And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and 
Beth-jeshimoth,S 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, 
which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, 
and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 





* * 

12:3 the south: or, Teman t 12:3 Ashdoth-pisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill # 12:18 Lasharon: or, Sharon 13:1 
to...: Heb. to possess it t 13:4 Mearah: or, the cave # 13:17 Bamoth-baal...: or, the high places of Baal, and house of Baal-meon 
§ 13:20 Ashdoth-pisgah: or, springs of Pisgah, or, the hill 


Joshua 13:22 184 Joshua 15:5 


22q Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among 


them that were slain by them.”* 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the 
border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and 
the villages thereof. 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad 
according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of 
the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, 
and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 2” And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth- 
nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his 
border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. 28 This is the 
inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 

29.q And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half 
tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. 3° And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, 
all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: 
31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto 
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their 
families. 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on 
the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: 
the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. 


1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited 

in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the 
fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 2 By lot was their 
inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but 
unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. ‘ For the children of Joseph were two tribes, 
Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell 
in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 As the LORD commanded 

Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 

6 q Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the 
Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God 
concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the 
LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in 
mine heart. ® Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but 
I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon 
thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly 
followed the LORD my God. 1° And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty 
and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered 
in the wilderness: and now, lo, | am this day fourscore and five years old.” 11 As yet I amas strong this 
day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for 
war, both to go out, and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake 
in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and 
fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And 
Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 4 Hebron 
therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because 
that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; 
which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. 


1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of 
Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south 
border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:* 3 And it went out to 
the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto 
Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:t 
4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that 
coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto 





K * * 
13:22 soothsayer: or, diviner 14:10 wandered: Heb. walked 15:2 bay: Heb. tongue i 15:3 Maaleh-acrabbim: or, the 
going up to Acrabbim 


Joshua 15:6 185 Joshua 15:63 


the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost 
part of Jordan: © And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; 
and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: ’ And the border went up toward 
Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up 
to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En- 
shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: 8 And the border went up by the valley of the 
son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to 
the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the 
valley of the giants northward: 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain 
of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to 
Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: 1° And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, 
and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to 
Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: " And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: 
and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; 
and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 2 And the west border was to the great sea, and the 
coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. 

13 q And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according 
to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is 
Hebron.* 1 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the 
children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before 
was Kirjath-sepher. 

16q And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my 
daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him 
Achsah his daughter to wife. !8 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask 
of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 19 Who 
answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And 
he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 And 
the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were 
Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and 
Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is 
Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 2? And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28 And 
Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 3° And Eltolad, and Chesil, 
and Hormah, *! And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 3? And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, 
and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and 
Zoreah, and Ashnah, 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, *5Jarmuth, and Adullam, 
Socoh, and Azekah, 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities 
with their villages:8 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 4° And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth- 
dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their 
villages: 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 4° From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near 
Ashdod, with their villages:** 47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her 
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 

48 q And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which 
is Debir, 5° And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, %! And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities 
with their villages: 5? Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, °3 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,‘t 
54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 5> Maon, 
Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 5° And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, *” Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten 
cities with their villages: 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; 
six cities with their villages: 6 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their 
villages: ©! In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 6 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, 
and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. 

63 q As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: 
but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. 





a 
# 15:13 the city...: or, Kirjath-arba § 15:36 and Gederothaim: or, or Gederothaim 15:46 near: Heb. by the place of tt 15:53 
Janum: or, Janus 


Joshua 16:1 186 Joshua 17:18 


16 
1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the 


east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,” 2 And goeth out from 
Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to 
the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof 
are at the sea. 4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 

5 q And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border 
of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; © And the border 
went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto 
Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, 
and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. § The border went out from Tappuah 
westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance 
of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. 9 And the separate cities for the children 
of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 
10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the 
Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. 


1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir 
the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead 
and Bashan. ? There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the 
children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of 
Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children 
of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.” 

3 q But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, 
had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, 
Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, 
and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our 
brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among 
the brethren of their father. > And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and 
Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; ® Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance 
among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead. 

7q And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the 
border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 Now Manasseh had the 
land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 9 And 
the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among 
the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings 
of it were at the sea:t 10 southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is 
his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 1 And Manasseh 
had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants 
of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and 
her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 12 Yet the children of 
Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to 
tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. 

14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and 
one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut 
down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow 
for thee.* 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that 
dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and 
they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 1” And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and 
to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: 
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of 
it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though 
they be strong. 





* * 
16:1 fell: Heb. went forth 17:2 Abiezer: also called, Jeezer t 17:9 river Kanah: or, brook of reeds t 17:15 giants: or, 
Rephaims 


Joshua 18:1 187 Joshua 19:9 


18 

1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the 
tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 

2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their 
inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the 
land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for 
each tribe: and 1 will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according 
to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: 
Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the 
north. ° Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that 
I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for 
the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, 
have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave 
them. 

8 q And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, 
saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots 
for you before the LORD in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it 
by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 

10q And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto 
the children of Israel according to their divisions. 

11q And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the 
coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. !? And their 
border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north 
side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness 
of Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth- 
el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side 
of the nether Beth-horon. ! And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea 
southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at 
Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15 And 
the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went 
out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: 1° And the border came down to the end of the mountain that 
lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and 
descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, !” And 
was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is 
over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, !8 And 
passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:” 19 And the 
border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the 


north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.t 2° And Jordan was the 
border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof 
round about, according to their families. 2! Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin 
according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, 
and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and 
Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, 
and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, 
which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of 
the children of Benjamin according to their families. 


19 

1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to 
their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 And they 
had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, © And 
Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; 
four cities and their villages: 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, 
Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their 
families. ° Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for 
the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their 
inheritance within the inheritance of them. 





* 
18:18 Arabah: or, the plain t 18:19 bay: Heb. tongue 


Joshua 19:10 188 Joshua 20:4 


10q And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border 
of their inheritance was unto Sarid: 1! And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and 
reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; 12 And turned from Sarid 
eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and 
goeth up to Japhia, 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, 


and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;” 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to 
Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, 
and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance 
of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 

17q And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 
18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, !9 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and 
Anaharath, 2° And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, 
and Beth-pazzez; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the 
outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 

24 q And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 
25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, 
and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 2” And turneth toward the 
sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north 
side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and 
Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; 2° And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong 
city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to 
Achzib:t 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is 
the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their 
villages. 

32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to 
their families. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and 
Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: 34 And then the coast turneth westward 
to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and 
reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. 35 And the fenced 
cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth- 
shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of 
Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. 

40 q And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 
41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 4? And Shaalabbin, and 
Ajalon, and Jethlah, 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, “4 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and 
Baalath, 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, 4° And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the 
border before Japho.*§ 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore 
the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with 
their villages. 

49 q When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children 
of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 5° According to the word of the 
LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the 
city, and dwelt therein. 5! These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of 
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by 
lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end 
of dividing the country. 


20 
1The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for 
you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any 
person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of 
blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of 





* 
19:13 methoar: or, which is drawn t 19:29 Tyre: Heb. Tzor t 19:46 before: or, over against § 19:46 Japho: or, Joppa 


Joshua 20:5 189 Joshua 21:31 


the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city 
unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue 
after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour 
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. © And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the 
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall 
the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he 
fled. 

7q And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and 


Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.” 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho 
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth 
in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the 
cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that 
whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger 
of blood, until he stood before the congregation. 


21 

1Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the 
son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 And they spake 
unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to 
give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto 
the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which 
were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the 
tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families 
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe 
of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen 
cities. 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe 
of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the 
Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 

9 q And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of 


Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,” 1° Which the children of Aaron, being of the 
families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 1 And they 
gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with 
the suburbs thereof round about it.t 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to 
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 

13 q Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge 
for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, ' And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her 
suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,* 16 And Ain with her suburbs, 
and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.§ 
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, ** 18 Anathoth 
with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.tt 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, 
the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 

20q And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, 
even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with 
her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 22 And 
Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, 
Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 4 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with 
her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath- 
rimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 2¢ All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the 
children of Kohath that remained. 

27 q And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of 
Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh- 
terah with her suburbs; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh 
with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities. 3° And out of 
the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 3 Helkath with her suburbs, and 





* * 
20:7 appointed: Heb. sanctified 21:9 mentioned: Heb. called t 21:11 the city...: or, Kirjath-arba # 21:15 Holon: also 
kK 
called, Hilen § 21:16 Ain: also called, Ashan 21:17 Geba: also called, Gaba tt 21:18 Almon: also called, Alemeth 


Joshua 21:32 190 Joshua 22:18 


Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her 
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her 
suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities 
with their suburbs. 

34q And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, 
Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her 
suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her 
suburbs, 3? Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the 
tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim 
with her suburbs, 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. 49 So all the 
cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, 
were by their lot twelve cities. 4! All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of 
Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs 
round about them: thus were all these cities. 

43 q And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they 
possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that 
he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD 
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD 
had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. 


1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2 And said unto 
them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice 
in all that I commanded you: 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have 
kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. 4 And now the LORD your God hath given 
rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, 
and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other 
side Jordan. 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant 
of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 
6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. 

7q Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the 
other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua 
sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return 
with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, 
and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 

9q And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, 
and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the 
country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word 
of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 

10q And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of 
Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great 
altar to see to. 

11q And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 
and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of 
Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole 
congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against 
them. !3 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to 
the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 4 And with 
him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an 
head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.” 

15 q And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe 
of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole 
congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to 
turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel 
this day against the LORD? 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed 
until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, !8 But that ye must turn 
away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that 





* 22:14 chief...: Heb. house of the father 


Joshua 22:19 191 Joshua 23:9 


to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of 
your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein 
the LORD’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor 
rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. 2° Did not Achan the 
son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? 
and that man perished 

not alone in his iniquity. 

21 q Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, 
and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he 
knoweth, and Israel he shall know, if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us 
not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon 
burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 
24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might 
speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?t 25 For the LORD 
hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no 
part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. 26 Therefore 
we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 But that it 
may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the 
LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that 
your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 28 Therefore 
said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we 
may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt 
offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29God forbid that we should rebel 
against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for 
meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. 

30 q And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands 
of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and 
the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.* 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said 
unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we 
perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: 
now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.S 

32 q And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of 
Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children 
of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased 

the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against 
them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children 
of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD 
is God. 


23 


1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies 


round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.” 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their 
elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old 
and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations 
because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided unto you 
by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations 
that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.t 5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them 
from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD 
your God hath promised unto you. ®Be ye therefore very courageous 

to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom 
to the right hand or to the left; 7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; 
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor 
bow yourselves unto them: 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.* 9 For 
the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been 





cr 
t 22:24 In time...: Heb. To morrow t 22:30 pleased...: Heb. was good in their eyes § 42:31 now: Heb. then 22:34 Ed: 


* 
that is, A witness 23:1 stricken...: Heb. come into days t 23:4 westward: Heb. at the sunset t 23:8 But cleave...: or, For if 
ye will cleave, etc 


Joshua 23:10 192 Joshua 24:22 


able to stand before you unto this day.$ 1° One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your 
God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. 


11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.”* 12Else if ye do in 
any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, 
and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: ! Know for a certainty 
that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be 
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off 
this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way 
of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of 
all the good things which the LORD your God spake 

concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. !5 Therefore it 
shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; 
so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land 
which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD 
your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to 
them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the 
good land which he hath given unto you. 


24 

1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for 
their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the 
other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and 
they served other gods. 3 AndI took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him 
throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac 
Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down 
into Egypt. 5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among 
them: and afterward I brought you out. § And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto 
the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought 
the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt 
in the wilderness a long season. ® And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the 
other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess 
their land; and I destroyed them from before you. ° Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose 
and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: !But I would not 
hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And ye went 
over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; 
and I delivered them into your hand. 1? And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from 
before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have 
given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the 
vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 

14q Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods 
which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the 
gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in 
whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. !© And the people answered 
and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; !” For the LORD our God, he 
it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which 
did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the 
people through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the 
Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua 
said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not 
forgive your transgressions nor your sins.” 2° If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he 
will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21! And the people said 
unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses 





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§ 23:9 For the LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive 23:11 yourselves: Heb. your souls 24:19 holy God: Heb. holy Gods 


Joshua 24:23 193 Joshua 24:33 


against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto 
the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his 
voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and 
an ordinance in Shechem. 

26 q And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it 
up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, 
Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he 
spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua let the 
people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 

29q And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, 
died, being an hundred and ten years old. 3° And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in 
Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 3! And Israel served 
the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had 
known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.t 

32 q And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in 
Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an 
hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.* 33 And Eleazar the 
son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him 
in mount Ephraim. 





if 24:31 overlived...: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua + 24:32 pieces...: or, lambs 


Judges 1:1 194 Judges 1:32 


The Book of Judges 


1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, 
Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah 
shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, 
Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee 
into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites 
and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found 
Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 
6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his 
great toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes 
cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought 


him to Jerusalem, and there he died.*t 8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and 
had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 
9q And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the 


mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.* 1° And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in 
Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and 
Talmai. 1! And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before 
was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give 
Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he 
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved 
him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt 
thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also 
springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. 

16g And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with 
the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and 
dwelt among the people. !” And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites 
that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Also 
Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast 
thereof. 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could 
not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.8 20 And they gave Hebron 
unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 

21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the 
Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 

22q And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them. 23 And 
the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies 
saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into 
the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they 
smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man 
went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name 
thereof unto this day. 

27 q Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and 
her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor 
the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came 
to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them 
out. 

29 q Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in 
Gezer among them. 

30 q Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the 
Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 

31 q Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of 
Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asherites dwelt among 
the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. 





* 1:7 their thumbs...: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet t 1:7 gathered: or, gleaned t 1:9 valley: or, low country 


§ 1:19 drave...: or, possessed the mountain 


Judges 1:33 195 Judges 3:2 


33 q Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth- 
anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants 
of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced the 
children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But 
the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of 


Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.** 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the 
going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.tt 


1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of 
Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never 


break my covenant with you.” 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall 
throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also 
said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods 
shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto 
all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. > And they called the name of 
that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.t 

6q And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance 
to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the 


elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And 
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they 
buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north 
side of the hill Gaash.§ 1° And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose 
another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for 
Israel. 

11q And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they 
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed 
other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, 
and provoked the LORD to anger. !3 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 

14 q And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of 
spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they 
could not any longer stand before their enemies. !5 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the 
LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and 
they were greatly distressed. 

16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that 


spoiled them.”* 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after 
other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers 
walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised 
them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies 
all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that 
oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, 
and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow 
down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. tt## 

20 q And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath 
transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 
21] also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he 
died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk 
therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving 
them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.8§ 


1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel 
as had not known all the wars of Canaan; ? Only that the generations of the children of Israel might 





ok * 
1:35 prevailed: Heb. was heavy tt 1:36 the going...: or, Maaleh-acrabbim 2:1 angel: or, messenger t 2:5 Bochim: that 
aK 
is, Weepers # 2:7 outlived: Heb. prolonged days after § 2:9 Timnath-heres: also called, Timnath-serah 2:16 delivered: 
Heb. saved aD 2:19 corrupted... or, were corrupt +t 2:19 ceased...: Heb. let nothing fall of their 8§ 2:23 left: or, suffered 


Judges 3:3 196 Judges 4:3 


know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the 
Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, 
from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to 
know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their 
fathers by the hand of Moses. 

5 q And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, 
and Hivites, and Jebusites: © And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters 
to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 
forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. 

8 q Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of 
Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight 


years.” 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the 


children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 19 And 
the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD 
delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed 

against Chushan-rishathaim.*§ 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz 
died. 

12q And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened 
Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he 
gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the 
city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But 
when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son 
of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon 
the king of Moab.**tT 16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he 
did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. !7 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of 
Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent 
away the people that bare the present. !9 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by 
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by 


him went out from him.*# 20 and Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which 
he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of 
his seat.88 21 and Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it 
into his belly: 22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he 


could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.*** 23 Then Ehud went forth through 
the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, 
his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, 


Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.ttt 25 and they tarried till they were ashamed: 
and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, 
behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and 
passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, 
that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him 
from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath 
delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the 
fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they slew of Moab at that 
time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.*#* 30 So 
Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. 

31q And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men 
with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. 


1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. ? And the 
LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose 
host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the 





. 3:8 Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram-naharaim t 3:9 deliverer: Heb. saviour # 3:10 came: Heb. was 8 3:10 Mesopotamia: Heb. 
Aram - 3:15 a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini tt 3:15 lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand + 3:19 quarries: or, 
graven images §§ 3:20 a summer...: Heb. a parlour of cooling ae 3:22 the dirt...: or, it came out at the buttocks ttt 3:24 
covereth...: or, doeth his easement Ht 3:29 lusty: Heb. fat 


Judges 4:4 197 Judges 5:11 


LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children 
of Israel. 

4q And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt 
under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of 
Israel came up to her for judgment. © And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh- 
naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward 
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of 
Zebulun? 7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his 
chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou 
wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I 
will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; 
oe LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to 
Kedesh. 

10 q And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at 
his feet: and Deborah went up with him. !! Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab 
the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain 
of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up 
to mount Tabor. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, 
and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.” 14 And 
Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine 
hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand 
men after him. 15 And the LORD discomfited 

Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera 
lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 1©But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after 
the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and 
there was not a man left.t 

17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was 
peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 

18 q And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. 
And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.* 19 And he said unto 
her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and 
gave him drink, and covered him. 2° Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall 
be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, 
No. 21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly 
unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep 
and weary. So he died.§ 2? And, behold, as Barak pursued 

Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou 
seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So 
God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the 
children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed 


Jabin king of Canaan.** 


1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2? Praise ye the LORD for 
the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye 
princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 4 LORD, when 
thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the 
heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. >The mountains melted from before the LORD, even 
that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.” 

6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the 
travellers walked through byways.t# 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until 
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: 
was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of 
Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. !° Speak, ye that ride 
on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.8 11 They that are delivered from the noise of 





* 
4:13 together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation i 4:16 a man: Heb. unto one # 4:18 mantle: or, rug, or, blanket S 4:21 and 
aK * 
took: Heb. and put 4:24 prospered...: Heb. going went and was hard 5:5 melted: Heb. flowed t 5:6 travellers: Heb. 
walkers of paths # 5:6 byways: Heb. crooked ways § 5:10 Speak: or, Meditate 


Judges 5:12 198 Judges 6:10 


archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even 
the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go 
down to the gates.”™ 

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, 
thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among 
the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of 
them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, 
and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.tT 15 and the princes of Issachar were with 
Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben 
there were great thoughts of heart.+#88*** 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the 


bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.ttt 17 Gilead 
abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode 
in his breaches.*##8$8 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death 
in the high places of the field.* 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in 
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 2° They fought from heaven; the stars 
in their courses fought against Sisera.t 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the 
river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the 
means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.* 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the 
LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the 
help of the LORD against the mighty. 

24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women 
in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She 
put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she 
smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.8 27 At 
her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell 
down dead.**tt 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is 
his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, 
yea, she returned answer to herself,*# 30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every 
man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers 
colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?88 31 So let all thine 
enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. 
And the land had rest forty years. 


1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into 
the hand of Midian seven years. ? And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of 
the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and 
strong holds.* 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, 
and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, 
and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, 
neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.t 5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as 
grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered 
into the land to destroy it. © And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the 
children of Israel cried unto the LORD. 

7q And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, 
8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD 
God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And 
I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and 
drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; 1° And I said unto you, I am the LORD your 
God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. 





1 5:11 righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses tt 5:14 handle: Heb. draw with #4 5:15 foot: Heb. his feet 88 5:15 thoughts: 
Heb. impressions ais 5:15 For: or, In ttt 5:16 For: or, In $44 5:17 shore: or, port §8§ 5:17 breaches: or, creeks 
. 5:18 jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach t 5:20 courses: Heb. paths t 5:22 pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings 8 5.26 
with...: Heb. she hammered me 5:27 At: Heb. Between tt 5:27 dead: Heb. destroyed + 5:29 answer: Heb. her words 


* 
S§ 530 every...: Heb. the head of aman 6:2 prevailed: Heb. was strong t 6:4 sheep: or goat # 6:8 a prophet: Heb. aman 
a prophet 


Judges 6:11 199 Judges 6:39 


11q And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained 
unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the 


Midianites.8** 12 and the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with 
thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, 
why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did 
not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the 
hands of the Midianites. 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou 
shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh 
my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in 
my father’s house.tt 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite 
the Midianites as one man. !7 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew 
mea sign that thou talkest with me. !8 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring 
forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.## 

19q And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh 
he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and 
presented it.8§ 20 and the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay 
them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 

21q Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the 
flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the 
unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived 
that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of 
the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 
24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet 
in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 

25q And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, 
even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and 
cut down the grove that is by it:}Tt 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this 
rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of 


the grove which thou shalt cut down.###88§ 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as 
the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of 
the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 

28 q And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, 
and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was 
built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, 
they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 3° Then the men of the city said unto Joash, 
Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath 
cut down the grove that was by it. 3! And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for 
Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he 
be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he 
called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. *t 

33 q Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, 
and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, 
and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.*§ 35 And he sent messengers throughout 
all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, 
and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.** 

36 q And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, 
I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the 
earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was 
so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the 
fleece, a bowl full of water. 3° And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I 
will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only 





§ 6:11 Gideon: Gr. Gedeon - 6:11 to hide...: Heb. to cause it to flee tt 6:15 my family...: Heb. my thousand is the meanest 
+H 6:18 present: or, meat offering 88 6:19 akid: Heb. akid of the goats a 6:24 Jehovah-shalom: that is, The LORD send 
peace Tit 6:25 even: or, and Ht 6:26 rock: Heb. strong place S88 6:26 in the ordered... or, in an orderly manner . 6:32 
Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead t 6:32 Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead t 6:34 came... Heb. clothed § 6:34 
gathered: Heb. called oF 6:35 gathered: Heb. called 


Judges 6:40 200 Judges 7:24 


upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 4° And God did so that night: for it was dry 
upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. 


7 

1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched 
beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill 
of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many 
for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine 
own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim 

in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early 
from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained 
ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto 
the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall 
go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with 
thee, the same shall not go. 5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto 
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by 
himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. © And the number of them 
that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people 
bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred 
men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people 
go every man unto his place. ® So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he 
sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host 
of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 

9q And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto 
the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. !° But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah 
thy servant down to the host: !! And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands 
be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the 
outside of the armed men that were in the host.” 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all 
the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were 
without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, 
there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake 
of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and 
overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the 
nia of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all 
the host. 

15q And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that 
he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into 


your hand the host of Midian.t 
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s 


hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.*§ 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, 
and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall 
ye do. !8 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on 
every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 

19 ¢ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the 
beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, 
and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 2° And the three companies blew the trumpets, and 
brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to 
blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 2! And they stood every man in his 
place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew 
the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: 
and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.**tt 

23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of 
all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 

24q And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the 
Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim 





* 
7:11 armed men: or, ranks by five uy 7:15 interpretation: Heb. breaking + 7:16 a trumpet...: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all 
KK 
of them § 7:16 lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches 7:22 in: or, toward tt 7:22 border: Heb. lip 


Judges 7:25 201 Judges 8:27 


gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took two 
princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew 
at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on 
the other side Jordan. 


1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, 


when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply."t 2 And he said 
unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim 
better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb 
and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, 
when he had said that.* 

4q And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, 
faint, yet pursuing them. > And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto 
the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of 
Midian. 

6 q And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that 
we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered 
Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and 
with briers.§ 

8q And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered 
him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When 
I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 

10 q Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand 
men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty 
thousand men that drew sword.”* 

11q And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, 
and smote the host: for the host was secure. !2 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after 


them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.tt 

13 q And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, !4 And caught a young 
man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, 
and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.** 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, 
and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah 
and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? 16 And he 
took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men 
of Succoth.S§ 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 

18 q Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? 


And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.*** 19 And he 
said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them 
alive, I would not slay you. 2° And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth 
drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 2! Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise 
thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and 
Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.t tt 

22q Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s 
son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not 
rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. 

24 q And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man 
the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25 And they 
answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the 
earrings of his prey. 2° And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and 
seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings 


of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.*## 27 And Gideon made an ephod 





* 
8:1 Why...: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us 8:1 sharply: Heb. strongly + 8:3 anger: Heb. spirit § 8:7 
aK 
tear: Heb. thresh 8:10 men that...: or, every one drawing a sword tt 8:12 discomfited: Heb. terrified + 8:14 described: 
BRK 
Heb. writ 88 8:16 taught: Heb. made to know 8:18 resembled...: Heb. according to the form, etc tit 8:21 ornaments: 


or, ornaments like the moon +44 8:26 collars: or, sweet jewels 


Judges 8:28 202 Judges 9:25 


thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing 
became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 

28 q Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no 
more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 

29q And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 3° And Gideon had threescore 
and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.88§ 31 And his concubine that was in 
Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.” 

32q And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his 
father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children 
of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. 34 And the 
children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of 
all their enemies on every side: 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, 
Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. 


1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed 
with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the 
ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are 
threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your 
bone and your flesh.” 3 And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechemall 
these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. 4 And they 
gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired 
vain and light persons, which followed him. 5 And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew 
his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding 
yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. © And all the men of Shechem 
gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the 
pillar that was in Shechem.* 

7q And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up 
his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken 
unto you. § The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive 
tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by 
me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?8 1° And the trees said to the fig 
tree, Come thou, and reign over us. !! But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, 
and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? !2 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come 
thou, and reign over us. !3 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God 
and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come 


thou, and reign over us.” 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over 
you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and 
devour the cedars of Lebanon. 1 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have 
made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him 
according to the deserving of his hands; 17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, 
and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:tT 18 and ye are risen up against my father’s house this 
day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, 
the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) !° If ye then 
have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, 
and let him also rejoice in you: 2° But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of 
Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house 
of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 2! And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, 
for fear of Abimelech his brother. 

22 q When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between 
Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 
24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be 
laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him 
in the killing of his brethren.*# 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the 





§8§ 8:30 of his...: Heb. going out of his thigh i 8:31 called: Heb. set is 9:2 Whether...: Heb. What is good? whether, etc t 9:3 
going & g 

to follow: Heb. after # 9:6 plain: or, oak § 9:9 0...: or, go up and down for other trees er 9:14 bramble: or, thistle tt 9517 

adventured...: Heb. cast his life +4 9:24 aided...: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill 


Judges 9:26 203 Judges 9:57 


mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. 26 And 
Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put 
their confidence in him. 2” And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode 
the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed 
Abimelech.8$ 28 and Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should 
serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of 
Shechem: for why should we serve him? 29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then 
would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 

30 q And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was 
kindled.*** 31 and he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and 
his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.1Tt 32 Now therefore 
up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: 33 And it shall be, that in 
the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he 
and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find 
occasion. +## 

34 q And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait 
against Shechem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering 
of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 
36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of 
the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 
37 And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another 
company come along by the plain of Meonenim.888* 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy 
mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people 
that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 39 And Gaal went out before the men 
of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 4° And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and 
many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at 
Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 42 And it 
came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. 43 And 
he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, 
behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And 
Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate 
of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 
45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that 
was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. 

46 q And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house 
of the god Berith. 4” And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered 
together. 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and 
Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his 
shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as 
Ihave done.t 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and 
put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem 
died also, about a thousand men and women. 

50 q Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. 51 But there was a 
strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut 
it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought 
against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast 
a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto 
the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not 
of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men 
of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 

56 q Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his 
seventy brethren: 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and 
upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. 





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Heb. as thine hand shall find $88 9.37 middle: Heb. navel . 9:37 Meonenim: or, the regarders of times t 9:48 me do: Heb. 
I have done 


Judges 10:1 204 Judges 11:13 
10 


1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of 
Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.” 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, 
and died, and was buried in Shamir. 

3q And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty 
sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, 
which are in the land of Gilead.t 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 

6 q And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and 
Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the 
children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. 7 And 
the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and 
into the hands of the children of Ammon. ® And that year they vexed and oppressed the children 
of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of 
the Amorites, which is in Gilead.* 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight 
also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore 
distressed. 

10q And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both 
because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. 11 And the LORD said unto the children of 
Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, 
and from the Philistines? !2 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress 
you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served 
other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. !Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; 
let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 

15q And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever 
seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.8 16 And they put away the strange 


gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel."*tt 
17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of 


Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.** 18 And the people and princes of 
Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he 
shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 


11 


1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead 


begat Jephthah."t 2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out 
Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a 
strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were 
gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.* 

4q And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.8 
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to 
fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: © And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that 
we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye 
hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in 
distress? 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou 
mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants 
of Gilead. 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the 
children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? 1° And the elders of 


Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.** 
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: 
and Tephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. 

12q And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou 
to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? 13 And the king of the children 
of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they 
came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those 





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10:1 defend: or, deliver: Heb. save t 10:4 Havoth-jair: or, the villages of Jair t 10:8 oppressed: Heb. crushed § jo:15 
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seemeth...: Heb. is good in thine eyes 10:16 strange...: Heb. gods of strangers tt 10:16 grieved: Heb. shortened #4 10:17 
* 
gathered: Heb. cried 11:1 Jephthah: Gr. Jephthae t 11:1 an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot + 11:3 from: Heb. from the 


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faceof 8 11:4 in process...: Heb. after days 11:10 witness...: Heb. the hearer between us 


Judges 11:14 205 Judges 12:2 


lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: 
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the 
children of Ammon: 1 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto 
the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; !’ Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let 
me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like 
manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. 18Then 
they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and 
came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within 
the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. !9 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king 
of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy 
land into my place. 2°But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all 
his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 2! And the LORD God of Israel 
delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed 
all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the coasts of 
the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 23 So now 
the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest 
thou possess it? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So 
whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 25 And now art 
thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or 
did he ever fight against them, 2° While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her 
towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore 
did ye not recover them within that time? 2” Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest 
me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and 
the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened 

not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 

29q Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and 
passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children 
of Ammon into mine hands, 3! Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house 
to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will 
offer it up for a burnt offering. tT+# 

32 q So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD 
delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even 
twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of 
Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.8§ 

34 q And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet 
him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor 
daughter.”** 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my 
daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened 
my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. 3° And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast 
opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; 
forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 
37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go 
up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.tTt 38 And he said, Go. 
And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity 
upon the mountains. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her 
father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was 
a custom in Israel,+## 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah 


the Gileadite four days in a year.888* 


1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto 
Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us 


to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.” 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and 





tt 11:31 whatsoever...: Heb, that which cometh forth, which shall come forth + 11:31 and...: or, or I will offer it, etc §§ 11:33 
KKK 
the plain: or, Abel 11:34 beside...: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself Tit 11:37 go up...: Heb. 
* 
go and go down +H 11:39 custom: or, ordinance §8§ 11:40 yearly: Heb. from year to year 11:40 to lament: or, to talk 


* 
with 12:1 gathered...: Heb. were called 


Judges 12:3 206 Judges 13:18 


my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not 
out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over 
against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye 
come up unto me this day, to fight against me? 4ThenJephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, 
and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are 
fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. > And the Gileadites took the 
passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were 
escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, 
Nay; © Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to 
pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that 
time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. ” And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died 
Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 

8q And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged 

Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty 
daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 1° Then died Ibzan, and was 
buried at Beth-lehem. 

11q And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged 

Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in 
the country of Zebulun. 

13q And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and 


thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 15 and 
Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the 
mount of the Amalekites. 


1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them 


into the hand of the Philistines forty years.” 

2q And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; 
and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and 
said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 
4.Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean 
thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child 
shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the 
Philistines. 

6 q Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his 
countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence 
he was, neither told he me his name: 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a 
son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a 
Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 

8 q Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst 
send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God 
hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the 
field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. 1° And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed 
her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other 
day. 1! And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou 
the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come 
to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?t¥ 13 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing 
that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that 
I commanded her let her observe. 

15q And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have 
made ready a kid for thee.8 16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I 
will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For 
Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. !7 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, 
What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And the angel of the 





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t 12:14 nephews: Heb. sons’ sons 13:1 did evil...: Heb. added to commit, etc t 13:12 How shall we order...: Heb. What shall 


be the manner of the, etc t 13:12 how shall we do...: or, what shall he do?: Heb. what shall be his work? § 13:15 for thee: Heb. 
before thee 


Judges 13:19 207 Judges 14:20 


LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?”” 19 So Manoah took a 
kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and 
Manoah and his wife looked on. 2° For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from 
off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife 
looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to 
Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. 22 And Manoah said 
unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. 23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD 
were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, 
neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as 
these. 

24q And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD 
blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between 


Zorah and Eshtaol.tt 
14 


1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the 
Philistines. 2. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman 
in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father 
and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among 
all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto 
his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.” 4 But his father and his mother knew not that 
it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines 
had dominion over Israel. 

5 q Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards 
of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.t © And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily 
upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not 
his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she 
pleased Samson well. 

8q And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, 
behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in his 
hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but 
he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 

10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young 
men to do. ! And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with 
him. 

12q And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare 
it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty 
change of garments:* 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty 
change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.8 14 And he said 
unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they 
could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said 
unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and 


thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?** 16 And Samson’s wife 
wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto 
the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my 
father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their 
feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: 
and she told the riddle to the children of her people.tt 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the 
seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? 
And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 

19q And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men 
of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. 
And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.** 29 But Samson’s wife was given to 
his companion, whom he had used as his friend. 





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13:18 secret: or, wonderful tt 13:25 the camp...: Heb, Mahaneh-dan 14:3 pleaseth...: Heb. is right in mine eyes t 14:5 


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against...: Heb. in meeting him t 14:12 sheets: or, shirts § 14:13 sheets: or, shirts 14:15 take...: Heb. possess us, or, 
impoverish us? tt 14:17 the seven...: or, the rest of the seven days +H 14:19 spoil: or, apparel 


Judges 15:1 208 Judges 16:5 
15 


1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife 
with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him 
to goin. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her 


to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.” 

3q And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though 
I do them a displeasure.t 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, 
and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.* 5 And when he had set the 
brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, 
and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. 

6q Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the 
Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, 
and burnt her and her father with fire. 

7q And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after 
that I will cease. 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and 
dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 

9 q Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 1° And the 
men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come 
up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 1! Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the 
rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this 
that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.§ 
12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of 
the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: 
but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from 
the rock. 

14q And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD 
came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with 
fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.** 15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth 
his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.tt 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of 
an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.## 17 And it came to pass, 
when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that 
place Ramath-lehi.$§ 

18q And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance 
into the hand of thy servant: and now shall] die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 
19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had 
drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which 
is in Lehi unto this day.***ttt 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. 


16 
1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.” 2 And it was told the 
Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in 
the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill 
him.t 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, 
and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried 
them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.* 
4q And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was 
Delilah.§ 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see 
wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him 
to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.** 





: 15:2 take...: Heb, let her be thine t 15:3 more...: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc t 15:4 firebrands: or, torches 
§ 15:11 went: Heb. went down vi 15:14 loosed: Heb. were melted tt 15:15 new: Heb. moist + 15:16 heaps upon...: 
Heb. an heap, two heaps 88 15:17 Ramath-lehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone nae 15:19 
En-hakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried ttt 15:19 the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter as: 16:1 harlot: Heb. 


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awoman an harlot fT 16:2 quiet: Heb. silence t 163 bar..: Heb. withthe bar 8 16:4 in... or, by the brook 16:5 afflict: 
or, humble 


Judges 16:6 209 Judges 16:31 


6 q And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith 
thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green 
withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.t## 8 Then the lords of the 
Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with 
them.88 ° Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, 
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it 


toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.”*” 1° And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou 
hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 11 And 
he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, 
and be as another man.ttt 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said 
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. 
And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast 
mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou 
weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto 
him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the 
pin of the beam, and with the web. 


15q And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou 
hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came 
to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto 
death;*## 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine 
head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if 1 be shaven, then my strength 
will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 


18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the 
Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the 
Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her 
knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she 
began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 2° And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, 
Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake 
myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 


21 q But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound 
him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.8$$§ 


22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.” 23 Then the lords of the 
Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: 
for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw 
him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the 
destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.t 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, 
that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison 
house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.* 2° And Samson said unto the 
lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, 
that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the 
Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld 
while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, 
I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the 
Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house 
stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.8 
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the 
house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his 
death were more than they which he slew in his life."* 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his 
father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in 
the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. 





TF 16:7 green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist + 16:7 another: Heb. one §§ 16:8 green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist ia 16:9 
toucheth: Heb. smelleth Tit 16:11 that never...: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done #4 16:16 vexed: Heb. shortened 
§8§ 16:21 put out: Heb. bored out * 16:22 after...: or, as when he was shaven T 16:24 which...: Heb. and who multiplied our 
slain + 16:25 them: Heb. before them § 16:29 on which...: or, he leaned on them 7 16:30 me: Heb. my soul 


Judges 17:1 210 Judges 18:17 
17 


1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. ? And he said unto his mother, 
The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest 
of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of 
the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, 
his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a 
graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money 
unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who 
made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man 
Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who 


became his priest.” 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in 
his own eyes. 

7q And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and 
he sojourned there. ® And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where 
he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.t 9 And 
Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, 
and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 1° And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto 
me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and 
thy victuals. So the Levite went in.* 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the 
young man was unto him as one of his sons. !2 And Micah consecrated 

the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, 
Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. 


1In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them 
an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the 
tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, 
from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search 


the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.” 3 When 
they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in 
thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what 
hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, 
and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know 
whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. © And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before 
the LORD is your way wherein ye go. 

7q Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they 
dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in 
the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had 
no business with any man.t¥ 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their 
brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we 
have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to 
possess the land. !° When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath 
given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 

11q And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six 
hundred men appointed with weapons of war.8 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in 
Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 
13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 

14q Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their 
brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, anda 
molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came 
to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.** 16 And the 
six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the 
entering of the gate. !” And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, 





* 
17:5 consecrated: Heb. filled the hand t 17:8 as he...: Heb. in making his way t 17:10 a suit...: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an 
* 
order of garments 18:2 men of: Heb. sons of t 18:7 Laish: also called, Leshem + 18:7 magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir 


aK 
of restraints § 18:11 appointed: Heb. girded 18:15 saluted...: Heb. asked him of peace 


Judges 18:18 211 Judges 19:11 


and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest 
stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 
18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and 
the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy 
peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better 
for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family 
in Israel? 2° And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven 
image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and 
the cattle and the carriage before them. 

22q And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near 
to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the 
children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest 
with such a company?*t 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, 
and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 
25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run 
upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.## 26 And the children of Dan went 
their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his 
house. 

27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, 
unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt 
the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business 
with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto 
Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. 

30 q And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of 
Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 
31 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was 
in Shiloh. 


19 


1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite 


sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.* 
2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to 
Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.t 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, 
to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: 
and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced 
to meet him.* 4 And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three 
days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 

5 q And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to 
depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, 
and afterward go your way. © And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for 
the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine 
heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he 
lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s 
father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both 
of them.** 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father 
in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you 
tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to 
morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.tt##8§ 10 But the man would not tarry 
that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there 
were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.*** 11 And when they were by Jebus, 
the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into 





* 

tt 18:23 comest...: Heb. art gathered together? +t 18:25 angry: Heb. bitter of soul 19:1 a concubine: Heb. a woman a 

concubine, or, a wife a concubine t 19:2 four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months t 19:3 friendly...: 
KK 

Heb. to her heart § 19:5 Comfort: Heb. Strengthen 19:8 until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined tt 19:9 draweth: Heb. 


AK 
is weak +t 19:9 the day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the day 8§ 19:9 home: Heb. to thy tent 19:10 
over against: Heb. to over against 


Judges 19:12 212 Judges 20:10 


this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither 
into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. 3 And he 
said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, 
or in Ramah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they 
were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in 
Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took 
them into his house to lodging. 

16 q And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of 
mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he 
had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither 
goest thou? and whence comest thou? 38 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem- 
judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am 


now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.t tt 19 Yet there is 
both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, 
and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. 2° And the old man 
said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he 
brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did 
eat and drink. 

22 q Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, 
beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, 
saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the 
master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do 
not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 24 Behold, here is my 
daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with 
them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.### 25 But the men would 
not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew 
her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her 
go. 2©Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house 
where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of 
the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the 
door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be 
going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him 
unto his place. 

29 q And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and 
divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 3° And 
it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children 
of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider 

of it, take advice, and speak your minds. 


20 

1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, 
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. ? And the chief of all 
the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented 

themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said 
the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman 
that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, 
to lodge.* 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, 


and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.t 6 And I took my 
concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: 
for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here 
your advice and counsel. 

8 q And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we 
any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up 
by lot against it; !° And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an 
hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they 





19:18 receiveth: Heb. gathereth +44 19:24 so vile...: Heb. the matter of this foll * 20:4 the Levite: Heb. the man the 
& y 
Levite 20:5 forced: Heb. humbled 


Judges 20:11 213 Judges 20:41 


may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in 
Israel. 11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.* 

12q And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is 
this that is done among you? !3 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in 
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin 
would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel: 14 But the children of Benjamin 
gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children 
of Israel. 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and 
six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven 
hundred chosen men. !¢ Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every 
one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. !” And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were 
numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. 

18q And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and 
said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, 
Judah shall go up first. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against 
Gibeah. 2° And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put 
themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 2! And the children of Benjamin came forth out 
of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 
22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the 
place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept 
before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against 
the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) 24 And the children of 
Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin went forth against 
them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again 
eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 

26 ¢ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and 
wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and 
peace offerings before the LORD. 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the 
covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood 
before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my 
brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 
29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 3° And the children of Israel went up against the 
children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and 
they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up 
to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.8"* 32 And the 
children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel 
said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up 
out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth 
out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand 
chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And 
the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed 

of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. 
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the 
Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 37 And the 
liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all 
the city with the edge of the sword.tt 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel 


and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.##88"** 
39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel 


about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.t tt 
40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked 


behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.*## 41 And when the men of 
Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.S8$ 





+ 20:11 knit...: Heb. fellows § 20:31 to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc a 20:31 the house...: or, Beth-el 
tt 20:37 drew...: or, made a long sound with the trumpet +4 20:38 sign: or, time §§ 20:38 and: Heb. with ne 20:38 
flame: Heb. elevation ttt 20:39 to smite...: Heb. to smite the wounded #44 20:40 the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of 
888 40:41 was come...: Heb. touched them 


Judges 20:42 214 Judges 21:23 


42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the 
battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 
43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease 


over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.*t 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all 
these were men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: 
and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, 
and slew two thousand men of them. 4¢ So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and 
five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. 47 But six hundred men turned 
and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 48 And 
the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the 
sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the 


cities that they came to.*§ 
21 


1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter 
unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before 
God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass 
in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. 
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the 
congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the 
LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. © And the children of Israel repented them 
for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do 
for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our 
daughters to wives? 

8 q And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the 
LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. ° For the 
people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. !° And 
the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, 
Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the 
children. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman 


that hath lain by man.” 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young 
virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to 
Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.t 13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the 


children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.*8 14 And Benjamin 
came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh- 
gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. 15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that 
the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 

16q Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing 
the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? !’ And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that 
be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them 
wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to 
Benjamin. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on 
the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and 
on the south of Lebonah.”*tt## 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go 
and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance 
in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of 
Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come 
unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we 
reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should 
be guilty.8§ 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, 
of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and 





20:43 with ease...: or, from Menuchah, etc t 20:43 over...: Heb. unto over against t 20:48 came to hand: Heb. was found 
* 
§ 20:48 they came...: Heb. were found 21:11 hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man t 21:12 young...: Heb. young 
RK 
women virgins t 21:13 to speak...: Heb. and spake and called $ 21:13 call. or, proclaim peace 21:19 yearly: Heb. from 


year to year tt 21:19 on the east...: or, toward the sunrising + 21:19 of the highway: or, on the highway S88 91:22 Be 
favourable...: or, Gratify us in them 


Judges 21:24 215 Judges 21:25 
repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every 
man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In 
those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 


Ruth 1:1 216 Ruth 2:8 


The Book of Ruth 


1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And 
a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his 
two sons.” 2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of 
his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country 
of Moab, and continued there.t 3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two 
sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name 
of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. > And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of 
them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. 

6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for 
she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. 
7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; 
and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. § And Naomi said unto her two daughters 
in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with 
the dead, and with me. The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her 
husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 1° And they said unto her, 
Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. !! And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why 
will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn 
again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, 
if 1 should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;* 13 Would ye tarry for them till 
they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth 


me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.8** 14 And they lifted up 
their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. !5 And she 
said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy 
sister in law. 1 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for 
whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and 
thy God my God:tt 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, 
and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to 
go with her, then she left speaking unto her.*# 

194 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to 
Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 2° And she said unto 


them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.88*** 21] 
went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing 
the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, and 
Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and 
they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest. 


1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; 


and his name was Boaz.” 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and 
glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 
3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part 
of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.t 

4q And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. 
And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the 
reapers, Whose damsel is this? © And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It 
is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray 
you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued 
even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, 
Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here 





* 
1:1 ruled: Heb. judged t 1:2 continued: Heb. were # 1:12 should have... or were with an husband § 1:13 tarry: Heb. hope 

ok 
1:13 it grieveth...: Heb. I have much bitterness tt 1:16 Intreat...: or, Be not against me + 1:18 was...: Heb. strengthened 


ARK * 
herself 88 1:20 Naomi: that is, Pleasant 1:20 Mara: that is, Bitter 2:1 Boaz: Gr. Booz t 2:3 hap...: Heb. hap 
happened 


Ruth 2:9 217 Ruth 3:13 


fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have 
I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the 
vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 1° Then she fell on her face, and bowed 
herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest 
take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully 
been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: 
and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a 
people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be 
given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let 
me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken 
friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.*§ 14 And Boaz said 
unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And 
she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. 
15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even 
among the sheaves, and reproach her not:** 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, 
and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 

17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an 
ephah of barley. 

18q And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and 
she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother in 
law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did 
take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The 
man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. 2° And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed 
be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said 
unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.tt 21 and Ruth the Moabitess said, 
He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his 


maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.** 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to 
glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. 


3 


1Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may 
be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he 
winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put 
thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until 
he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the 
place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell 
thee what thou shalt do.” 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 

6q And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. 7 And 
when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap 
of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 

8 q And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a 
woman lay at his feet.t 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: 
spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.* 1° And he said, Blessed 
be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at 
the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. “ And now, my 
daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know 
that thou art a virtuous woman.§ 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a 
kinsman nearer than I. 3 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto 
thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a 
kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the 
morning. 





aK 
t 2:13 Let me...: or, I find § 913 friendly: Heb. to the heart 2:15 reproach...: Heb. shame her not tt 2:20 one of...: 
* 
or, one that hath right to redeem He 2:22 meet...: or, fall upon thee 3:4 uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on t 3:8 
turned: or, took hold on + 3:9 anear...: or, one that hath right to redeem § 3:11 city: Heb. gate 


Ruth 3:14 218 Ruth 4:22 


14q And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And 
he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. ! Also he said, Bring the vail that thou 
hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on 


her: and she went into the city.** 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, 
my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said, These six measures of 
barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 18 Then said she, Sit still, 
my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have 
finished the thing this day. 


4 

1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz 

spake 
ane by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat 
down. ? And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel 
of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s: 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the 
inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not 
redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. 


And he said, I will redeem it.* ’ Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, 
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon 
his inheritance. 

6q And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem 
thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel 
concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, 
and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto 
Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 

9 q And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought 
all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi. !°Moreover Ruth 
the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead 
upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the 
gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 1! And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, 
said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like 
Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in 
Beth-lehem:+# 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the 
seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. 

13 ¢ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her 
conception, and she bare a son. !4 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath 
not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.8** 15 And he shall be 
unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth 
thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.tt## 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid 
it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, 
There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of 
David. 

18 q Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and 
Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,8§ 21 And 
Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 





Kk * 
3:15 vail: or, sheet, or, apron 4:4 I thought...: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear t 4:11 do thou...: or, get thee riches, 
KK 
or, power # 4:11 be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name S 4:14 left... Heb. caused to cease unto thee 4:14 kinsman: or, 


redeemer tt 4:15 anourisher of: Heb. to nourish +4 4:15 thine...: Heb. thy gray hairs 8§ 4:20 Salmon: or, Salmah 


1 Samuel 1:1 219 1 Samuel 1:28 


The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the First Book of the 
ings 


1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, 
the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2 And he had 
two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had 
children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to 
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests 
of the LORD, were there.” 

4q And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons 
and her daughters, portions: 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but 
the LORD had shut up her womb.t 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, 
because the LORD had shut up her womb.* 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the 
house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.§ 8 Then said Elkanah her 
husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? 
am not I better to thee than ten sons? 

94 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest 
sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. 1° And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed 
unto the LORD, and wept sore.” 1! And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed 
look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt 
give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and 
there shall no razor come upon his head.tt 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the 
LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.## 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but 
her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought 

she had been drunken. !4 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine 
from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have 
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.SS 16 Count not 
thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I 
spoken hitherto.*** 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy 
petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So 
the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 

19q And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and 
came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she 
bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.tTt### 21 and 
the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 
22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and 
then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. 23 And Elkanah 
her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the 
LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 

24 q And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah 
of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child 
was young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as 
thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this 
child] prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have 
lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD 


there.888* 





" 1:3 yearly: Heb. from year to year t 1:5 worthy: or, double + 1:6 provoked: Heb. angered § 1:7 when...: or, from the time 
that she, etc: Heb. from her going up ai 1:10 in...: Heb. bitter of soul tt 1:11 aman...: Heb. seed of men +4 1:12 continued...: 
Heb. multiplied to pray 88 1:15 ofa sorrowful...: Heb. hard of spirit sn 1:16 complaint: or, meditation Tit 1:20 when...: 
Heb. in revolution of days +44 1:20 Samuel: that is, Asked of God §§§ 1:28 lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained 


* 
by petition 1:28 he shall...: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned 


1 Samuel 2:1 220 1 Samuel 2:32 


2 
1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: 


my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the 
LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding 
proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him 


actions are weighed.” 4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with 
strength. 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: 
so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. ©The LORD 
killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The LORD maketh poor, 
and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth 
up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of 
glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them. ° He will keep 
the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. 
10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: 
the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn 
of his anointed. 

4 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the 
priest. 

12 q Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. 13 And the priests’ custom 
with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh 
was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; !4 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, 
or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh 
unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, 
and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh 
of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then 
take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if 
not, I will take it by force.t 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for 
men abhorred 

the offering of the LORD. 

18 q But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. !9 Moreover 
his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her 
husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 

20 q And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the 
loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.* 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, 
so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the 
LORD. 

22 q Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with 
the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.$ 23 And he said unto 
them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.** 24 Nay, my sons; 
for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to transgress.tt 25 If one man sin 
against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for 
him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would 
slay them. 2¢ And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. 

27 q And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly 
appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house? 28 And did I choose 
him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear 
an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the 
children of Israel? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded 
in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the 
offerings of Israel my people? 3° Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, 
and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; 
for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, 
the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be 
an old man in thine house. 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God 





* 
2:3 arrogancy: Heb. hard t 2:16 presently: Heb. as on the day + 2:20 loan... or, petition which she asked, etc § 2:22 


aK 
assembled: Heb. assembled by troops 2:23 of your...: or, evil words of you tt 2:24 transgress: or, cry out 


1 Samuel 2:33 221 1 Samuel 4:4 


shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.¥# 33 And the man of thine, 
whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and 
all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.8§ 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, 
that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. 
35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in 
my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. 36 And it 
shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece 
of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I 


may eat a piece of bread.” TTT 


1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious 
in those days; there was no open vision. ? And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in 
his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in 
the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 4That the LORD 
called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.> And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst 
me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. © And the LORD called yet 
again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he 
answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was 


the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.” 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. 
And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the 
LORD had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call 
thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his 
place. 1° And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel 
answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 

11q And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every 
one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken 
concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.* 13 For I have told him that I will judge 
his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he 
restrained them not.#§8™* 14 and therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s 
house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 

15 q And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel 
feared to shew Eli the vision. 1° Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, 
Here am I. 17 And he said, What is the thing that the Lorp hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not 
from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said 
unto thee.tt## 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the 
LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.8$§ 

19q And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 
20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established 


to be a prophet of the LORD.**” 21 And the LORD appeared 
again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. 


1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and 


pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.* 2 And the Philistines put themselves 
in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they 
slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.t* 

3q And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the 
LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of 


Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.8 4So the 





+H 2:32 an enemy...: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel 88 9:33 inthe flower... 
Heb, men ae 2:36 Put: Heb. Join ttt 2:36 one of...: or, somewhat about the priesthood * 3:7 Now...: or, Thus did Samuel 
before he knew the LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him t 3:12 when...: Heb. beginning and ending 
t 3:13 For L...: or, And I will tell him § 3:13 vile: or, accursed sas 3:13 restrained...: Heb. frowned not upon them tt 3:17 
more also: Heb. so add +t 3:17 thing: or, word §§ 3:18 every...: Heb. all the things, or, words ue 3:20 established: or, 
faithful * 4:1 came: or, came to pass: Heb. was t 4:2 they joined...: Heb. the battle was spread t 4:2 army: Heb. array 
§ 4:3 fetch: Heb. take unto us 


1 Samuel 4:5 222 1 Samuel 5:9 


people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, 
which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with 
the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, 
all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. © And when the Philistines heard the 
noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? 
And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were 
afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been 


such a thing heretofore."* 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? 
these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong, and 
quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been 
to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.tt 

10q And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and 
there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. ! And the ark of God 
was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.*+ 

12q And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his 
clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside 
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, 
all the city cried out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise 
of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; 
and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.8§ 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out 


of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?**” 17 And 
the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great 
slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God 
is taken. !8 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat 
backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. 
And he had judged Israel forty years. 

19q And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard 
the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she 
bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.ttt### 20 and about the time of her death 
the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, 
neither did she regard it.888 21 And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from 
Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.” 22 And 
she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. 


1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the 
Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 

3 q And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to 
the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when 
they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen 

upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of 


his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.” > Therefore neither 
the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod 
unto this day. 

6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote 
them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it 
was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and 
upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and 
said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God 
of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And 
it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very 
great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in 
their secret parts. 





ok 

4:7 heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day tt 4:9 quit...: Heb. be men +t 4:11 were slain: Heb. died 8§ 4:15 
BRK 

were dim: Heb. stood 4:16 is...: Heb. is the thing Tit 4:19 be delivered: or, cry out Ht 4:19 came: Heb. were turned 


* * 
§8§ 4.20 neither...: Heb. set not her heart 4:21 I-chabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory 5:4 the stump...: 
or, the fishy part 


1 Samuel 5:10 223 1 Samuel 7:2 


10 q Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to 
Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, 
to slay us and our people.t 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and 
said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and 
our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy 
there.¥ 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up 
to heaven. 


6 

1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. ? And the Philistines 
called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us 
wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, 
send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall 
be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass 
offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, 
according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on youall, and on your lords.” 
5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye 
shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from 
off your gods, and from off your land. Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and 
Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the 
people go, and they departed?t# 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which 
there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: 8 And 
take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a 
trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth 
up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then 
we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.8 

10q And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves 
at home: 1! And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold 
and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, 
and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the 
left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of 
Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw 
the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood 
there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt 
offering unto the LORD. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was 
with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh 
offered 

burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. 16 And when the five lords of 
the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. !” And these are the golden emerods 
which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, 
for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the 
cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even 
unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto 
this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.** 

19q And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even 
he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because 
the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 2° And the men of Beth-shemesh said, 
Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 

21q And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have 
brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. 


7 
1 And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the 
house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came 





* 

by 5:10 us, to...: Heb. me to slay me and my + 5:11 us not...: Heb. me not, and my 6:4 you: Heb. them t 6:6 wonderfully: 
aK 

or, reproachfully + 6:6 the people: Heb. them § 6:9 he: or, it 6:18 great...: or, great stone 


1 Samuel 7:3 224 1 Samuel 8:17 


to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all 
the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. 

3q And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your 
hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto 
the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the 
children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. > And Samuel said, 
Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. © And they gathered together to 
Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We 
have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 

7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the 
lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid 
of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God 
for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.” 

9q And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and 
Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.t 1° And as Samuel was offering up 
the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a 
great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before 
Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until 
they came under Beth-car. 1 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called 
the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.* 

13 q So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand 
of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 4 And the cities which the Philistines 
had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did 
Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 1 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, 
and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.8 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there 
was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. 


1 Andit came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name 
of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his 
sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 

4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And 
said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us 
like all the nations. 

6 q But the thing displeased 

Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.” 7 And the 
LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they 
have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all 
the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, 
wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. ? Now therefore 
hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the 
king that shall reign over them.t* 

10q And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 1! And 
he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and 
appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his 
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he 
will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to 
his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, 
and to his servants.§ 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest 
young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. !’ He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye 





* 
7:8 Cease...: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying t 7:9 heard: or, answered # 7:12 Eben-ezer: that is, The stone of help 

* 
S 7:16 in circuit: Heb. and he circuited 8:6 displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of t 8:9 hearken...: or, obey # 8:9 


howbeit...: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt § 8:15 officers: Heb. eunuchs 


1 Samuel 8:18 225 1 Samuel 9:24 


shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen 
you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 

19 q Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will 
have a king over us; 2° That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go 
out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed 
them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make 
them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. 


1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the 


son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.’ t 2 And he had a son, whose 
name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a 
goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. 

3 And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the 
servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed 
through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, 
and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 
5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and 
let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. ® And he said unto him, 
Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh 
surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 7Then 
said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in 
our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?*8 8 And the servant 
answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will 
I give to the man of God, to tell us our way."” 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of 
God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime 
called a Seer.) 1°Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city 
where the man of God was.*t 

11q And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and 
said unto them, Is the seer here?** 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before 
you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the 
high place:8§ 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to 
the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and 
afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him."** 
14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out 
against them, for to go up to the high place. 

15q Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, ttt 16 To morrow about 
this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain 
over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked 
upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 1” And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto 
him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.*#* 

18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house 
is. 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye 
shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 
20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. 
And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?88$§ 21 and Saul 
answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least 
of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?* 22 And Samuel 
took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place 
among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, 
Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up 





9:1 a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini t 9:1 power: or, substance t 9:7 is spent...: Heb. is gone out of, etc 8 97 
aK 
have we: Heb. is with us? 9:8 I have...: Heb. there is found in my hand tt 9:10 Well said: Heb. Thy word is good +4 9:11 
RK 
the hill...: Heb. in the ascent of the city 88 9:12 sacrifice: or, feast 9:13 this time: Heb. to day tit 9:15 told...: Heb. 


* 
revealed the ear of Samuel +44 9:17 reign over: Heb. restrain in S88 9.20 three... Heb. to day three days 9:21 so...: Heb. 
according to this word 


1 Samuel 9:25 226 1 Samuel 10:24 


the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is 
left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited 
the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.t 

25 q And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul 
upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, 
that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, 
and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of 
the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still 


a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.* 


1Then Samuel tooka vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because 
the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me 
to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and 
they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left 


the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?” 3 Then shalt thou 
go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three 
men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, 
and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; 
which thou shalt receive of their hands.t 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the 
garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou 
shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and 
a pipe, anda harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: © And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon 
thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. ” And let it be, when 
these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.*§ 8 And thou 
shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, 
and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew 
thee what thou shalt do. 

9 q And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: 
and all those signs came to pass that day.**tt 10 and when they came thither to the hill, behold, a 
company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 
11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the 
prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul 
also among the prophets?*# 12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? 


Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?8§ 13 And when he had made an end 
of prophesying, he came to the high place. 

14q And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the 
asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I 
pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses 
were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 

17q And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; !8 And said unto the children 
of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of 
the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: 19 And 
ye have this day rejected 

your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said 
unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your 
tribes, and by your thousands. 2° And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, 
the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their 
families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought 
him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet 
come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran 
and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people 
from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath 





* 

t 9:24 left: or, reserved t 9:27 a while: Heb. to day 10:2 care: Heb. business t 10:4 salute...: Heb. ask thee of peace 

t 10:7 And...: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc § 10:7 that...: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find 
Pi 8) 


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10:9 back: Heb. shoulder tt 10:9 gave: Heb. turned +H 10:11 one...: Heb. a man to his neighbour 88 jo:12 of..: Heb. 
from thence 


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chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God 


save the king.*** 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, 
and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 

26 q And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God 
had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and 


brought him no presents. But he held his peace. tt 
11 


1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of 
Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2? And Nahash the Ammonite 
answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right 
eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven 
days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man 
to save us, we will come out to thee.” 

4q Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and 
all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 

5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that 
they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. © And the Spirit of God came upon 
Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and 
hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, 
saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. 


And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.t 8 And when he 
numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah 
thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of 
Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and 
shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.* 1° Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow 
we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. ! And it was so on 
the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in 
the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they 
which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 

12q And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, 
that we may put them to death. !3 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for 
to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us 
go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made 
Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the 
LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. 


1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto 
me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and 
grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto 
this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox 
have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of 
whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. t 4nd 
they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s 
hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, 
that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. 

6q And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought 
your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.* 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before 


the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.8** 8 When 
Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and 
Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when 
they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and 





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10:24 God...: Heb. Let the king live tit 10:27 held...: or, was as though he had been deaf 11:3 Give...: Heb. Forbear us 
* 
t 11:7 with...: Heb. as one man t 11:9 help: or, deliverance 12:3 bribe: Heb. ransom t 12:3 to blind...: or, that I should 


ct 
hide mine eyes at him + 12:6 advanced: or, made § 12:7 righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits 12:7 to: Heb. with 


1 Samuel 12:10 228 1 Samuel 13:13 


into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 
10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and 
have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will 
serve thee. 1! And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you 
out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12 And when ye saw that Nahash 
the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over 
us: when the LORD your God was your king. 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, 
and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. !4If ye will fear the LORD, 
and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall 
both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:tT## 15 But if 
ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall 
the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. 

16 q Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. 17 Is it 
not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may 
perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking 
you a king. 18So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all 
the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. !9 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy 
servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask 
us a king. 

20q And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside 
from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; 21 And turn ye not aside: for then 
should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. 22 For the LORD will not 
forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 
23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but 
I will teach you the good and the right way:8§ 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all 


your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.” 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, 
ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. 


13 
1 saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,” 2 Saul chose him three 
thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and 
a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man 
to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines 
heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 4 And 
all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in 


abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.* 

5 q And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, 
and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they 
came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. © When the men of Israel saw that they 
were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in 
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to 
the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.§ 

8 q And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came 
not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to 
me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. !° And it came to pass, that as soon as he 
had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, 

. a RK 
that he might salute him. 

11q And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were 
scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines 
gathered themselves together at Michmash; !2 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now 
upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and 
offered a burnt offering.tt 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept 
the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have 





KK 
tt 12:14 commandment: Heb. mouth + 12:14 continue...: Heb. be after §§ 12:23 in: Heb. from 12:24 how...: or, 
* 
what a great thing 13:1 reigned one...: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning t 13:3 Geba: or, the hill t 13:4 was...: Heb. 
2K 
did stink § 13:7 followed...: Heb. trembled after him 13:10 salute: Heb. bless tt 13:12 made...: Heb. intreated the face 


1 Samuel 13:14 229 1 Samuel 14:18 


established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD 
hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his 
people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. 

15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the 
people that were present with him, about six hundred men.** 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and 
the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in 
Michmash.8$*** 

17q And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company 
turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 18 And another company turned 
the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley 
of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 

19 q Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest 
the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 2° But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to 
sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had a file for 
the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads, 1tt### 
22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of 
any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there 
found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.S8$§ 


14 
1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare 
his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told 


not his father.” 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which 
is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah, the son of 
Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an 
ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.t 

4q And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, 
there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one 
was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. ° The forefront of the one was situate northward over 
against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.* 6 And Jonathan said to the young 
man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may 
be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 
7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee 
according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will 
discover ourselves unto them. ° If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will 
stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.S 1° But if they say thus, Come up unto us; 
then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto 
us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines 
said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men 
of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew 
you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered 
them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his 
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. 4 And 
that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it 


were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow."* 15 And there was trembling in the host, in 
the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth 
quaked: so it was a very great trembling. tt 

16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, 
and they went on beating down one another. 1!” Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, 
Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his 
armourbearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of 
God was at that time with the children of Israel. 





+ 13:15 present: Heb. found §§ 13:16 present: Heb. found ais 13:16 Gibeah: Heb. Geba ttt 13:21 a file: Heb. a file 

with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel Ht 13:21 sharpen: Heb. set S88 13.03 garrison: or, standing camp . 14:1 

it came...: or, there was a day si 14:3 Ahiah: called Ahimelech + 14:5 forefront: Heb. tooth § 14:9 Tarry: Heb. Be still 
4 14:14 an...: or, half a furrow of an acre of land tt 14:15 a very...: Heb. a trembling of God 


1 Samuel 14:19 230 1 Samuel 14:49 


19q And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the 


Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.#* 20 And Saul 
and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, 
every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.88 21 Moreover the 
Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from 
the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 
22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the 
Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23So the LORD saved Israel that 
day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 

24q And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed 
be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of 
the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the 
ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man 
put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father 
charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and 
dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then 
answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, 


Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.”** 2° Then said Jonathan, 
My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I 
tasted a little of this honey. 3° How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil 
of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the 
Philistines? 3! And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were 
very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them 
on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. 

33 ¢ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with 
the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. ttt 34 and Saul said, 
Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every 
man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And 
all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.*#* 35 And Saul built 
an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.S8§ 

36 q And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning 
light, and let us not leave aman of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then 
said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 3” And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down 
after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. 
38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin 


hath been this day.” 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, 
he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 4° Then said he 
unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people 
said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 4! Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, 
Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.t# 42 And Saul said, Cast 
lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me 
what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the 
rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou 
shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this 
great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the 
ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued 

Jonathan, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines 
went to their own place. 

47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against 
Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and 
against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he gathered an 
host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.8 
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters 





ARE 
+4 14:19 noise: or, tumult 8§ 14:20 assembled...: Heb. were cried together 14:28 faint: or, weary ttt 14:33 transgressed: 
or, dealt treacherously #4 14:34 with him: Heb. in hishand 888 14:35 the same...: Heb. that altar he began to build unto 


* 
the LORD 14:38 chief: Heb. corners t 14:41 Give...: or, Shew the innocent t 14:41 escaped: Heb. went forth S 44s 
gathered...: or, wrought mightily 


1 Samuel 14:50 231 1 Samuel 15:30 


were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 5° And the name of 
Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, 
the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.** 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the 
son of Abiel. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw 
any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. 


15 
1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: 
now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 2Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I 
remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from 
Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but 
slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gathered the 
people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand 


men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.” 

6 q And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I 
destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of 
Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from 
Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the 
Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. ° But Saul and the 
people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and 
all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that 
they destroyed utterly.t 

10q Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 1! It repenteth me that I have set up Saul 
to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And 
it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in 
the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and 
is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto 
him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel 
said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I 
hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of 
the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And 
he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not 
made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the LORD 
sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against 
them until they be consumed.* 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst 
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 2° And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have 
obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought 
Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 2! But the people took of the 
spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice 
unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 24 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings 
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to 
hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity 
and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being 
king.§ 

24q And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the 
LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray 
thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said unto 
Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath 
rejected thee from being king over Israel. 2” And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon 
the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of 
Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also 
the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.** 30 Then he 
said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, 





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14:50 Abner: Heb. Abiner 15:5 laid...: or, fought 15:9 fatlings: or, second sort + 15:18 they...: Heb. they consume 
a 
then § 15:23 witchcraft: Heb. divination 15:29 Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory 


1 Samuel 15:31 232 1 Samuel 17:2 


and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 3! So Samuel turned again after Saul; 
and Saul worshipped the LORD. 

32q Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto 
him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword 
hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag 
in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 

34 q Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel 
came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the 
LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. 


16 
1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him 
from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: 
for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will 


kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.” 
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me 
him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. 
And the elders of the town trembled 

at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?t 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice 
unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his 
sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 

6 q And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s 
anointed is before him.* 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the 
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LorD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh 
on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.§ 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and 
made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 9 Then Jesse made 
Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.** 19 Again, Jesse made seven of 
his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 11 And 
Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, 
behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down 
till he come hither.tt 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful 
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.** 13 Then 
Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD 
came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 

14q But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.8§ 
15 And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 1°Let our lord 
now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an 
harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his 
hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play 
well, and bring him to me. !8 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of 
Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and 
prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.*** 

19q Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the 
sheep. 2° And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David 
his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he 
became his armourbearer. 2? And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for 
he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, 
that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil 
spirit departed from him. 


1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at 


Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.* 
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the 





* 
16:2 with thee: Heb. in thine hand a 16:4 coming: Heb. meeting + 16:6 Eliab: called Elihu § 16:7 outward...: Heb. eyes 

ok 
16:9 Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma tt 16:11 down: Heb, round + 16:12 ofa...: Heb. fair of eyes §§ 16:14 


KKK * 
troubled: or, terrified 16:18 matters: or, speech 17:1 Ephes-dammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pas-dammim 


1 Samuel 17:3 233 1 Samuel 17:36 


battle in array against the Philistines.t 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and 
Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. 

4q And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose 
height was six cubits and a span. > And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with 
a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.* 6 And he had greaves of 


brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.8 7 And the staff of his spear was like 
a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield 
went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye 
come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man 
for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we 
be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 
11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 

12 ¢ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he 
had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three 
eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to 
the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. ™ And David 
was the youngest: and the three eldest followed 

Saul. 45 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem. 1° And the 
Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. !7 And Jesse said unto 
David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run 
to the camp to thy brethren; 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and 


look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.**tt 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, 
were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 

20 q And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, 
as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, 


and shouted for the battle.¥¥8§ 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army 
against army. 2? And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into 


the army, and came and saluted his brethren."**ttt 23 and as he talked with them, behold, there 
came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, 
and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they 
saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.*#* 25 and the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this 
man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, 
the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house 
free in Israel. 2° And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man 
that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised 
Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 2” And the people answered him after this 
manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 

28 q And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled 
against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few 
sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down 
that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 

30 q And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people 
answered him again after the former manner.88$§ 

31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent 
for him.” 

32q And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with 
this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: 
for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant 
kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:t 35 And I 
went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I 
caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: 





t 17:2 set...: Heb. ranged the battle + 17:5 armed: Heb. clothed § 17:6 target: or, gorget ve 17:18 cheeses: Heb. cheeses 
ofmik tT 17:18 of...: Heb. of a thousand + 17:20 trench: or, place of the carriage 88 17:20 fight: or, battle array, or, 
place of fight ve 17:22 his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him Tit 17:22 saluted...: Heb. asked his brethren of peace 
+44 17:24 from...: Heb. from his face §§§ 17:30 manner: Heb. word . 17:31 sent...: Heb. took him t 17:34 lamb: or, kid 


1 Samuel 17:37 234 1 Samuel 18:8 


and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living 
God. 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw 
of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. ea Saul said unto David, Go, and the 
LORD be with thee. 

38 q And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he 
armed him with a coat of mail.* 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; 
for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. 
And David put them off him. 

40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them 
in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to 
the Philistine.8** 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the 
shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for 
he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I 
a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the 
Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts 
of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, 
and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, 
whom thou hast defied. 4° This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, 
and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto 
the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God 


in Israel.tt 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the 
battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David 
hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and 
took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into 
his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 5° So David prevailed over the Philistine with a 
sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand 
of David. 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out 
of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw 
their champion was dead, they fled. 52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and 
pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of 
the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children 
of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And David took 
the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. 

55q And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the 
host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, 0 king, I cannot tell. 5° And 
the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. 57 And as David returned from the slaughter of 
the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 
58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy 
servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. 


18 

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was 
knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and 
would let him go no more home to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, 
because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, 
and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 

5 q And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him 
over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s 
servants.” 

6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, 
that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, 
with joy, and with instruments of musick.t* 7 And the women answered one another as they played, 
and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. ® And Saul was very wroth, and 
the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they 





aK 
t 17:38 armed David...: Heb. clothed David with his clothes 8 17:40 brook: or, valley 17:40 bag: Heb. vessel tt 17:46 


* 
deliver...: Heb. shut thee up 18:5 behaved...: or, prospered t 18:6 Philistine: or, Philistines # 18:6 instruments...: Heb. 
three stringed instruments 


1 Samuel 18:9 235 1 Samuel 19:10 


have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?§ 9 And Saul eyed David 
from that day and forward. 

10q And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he 
prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there 
was a javelin in Saul’s hand. 1 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall 
with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 

12q And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. 
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out 
and came in before the people. !4 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was 
with him.*” 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 

17 q And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be 
thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but 


let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.*t 18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my 
life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? 19 But it came to pass at 
the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel 
the Meholathite to wife. 2° And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing 


pleased him.*# 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand 
of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in 
law in the one of the twain. 

22 q And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the 
king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law. 73 And 
Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing 
to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of 
Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.S$ 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, 
The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the 
king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 2° And when his 
servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were 
not expired.”** 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two 
hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he 
might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 

28 q And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved 
him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually. 3°Then 
the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved 
himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.ttt 


19 

1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. ? But 
Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh 
to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret 
place, and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I 
will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 

4q And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin 
against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works 
have been to thee-ward very good: 5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the 
LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt 
thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? © And Saul hearkened unto the voice of 
Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and 
Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, 
as in times past.” 

8 q And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them 
with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.t ° And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as 
he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. 1° And Saul sought to 





RK 
§ 18:8 displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes 18:14 behaved...: or, prospered tt 18:17 valiant: Heb. a son of valour 
RK 
+ 18:20 pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes 8§ 18:24 On...: Heb. According to these words 18:26 expired: Heb. 
Pp g oh 8 Pp 
fulfilled ttt 18:30 set by: Heb. precious 19:7 in times...: Heb. yesterday, third day t 19:8 him: Heb. his face 


1 Samuel 19:11 236 1 Samuel 20:17 


smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote 
the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 

11 Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and 
Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. 

124 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal 
took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with 
acloth.* 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the 
messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 1° And when 
the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his 
bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that 
he is escaped? And Michal answered 

Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 

18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to 
him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at 
Naioth in Ramah. 2° And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the 
prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the 
messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, 
and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied 
also. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, 
Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither 
to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until 
he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in 
like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among 


the prophets?§ 


1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what 
is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto 
him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that 


he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.* 3 And David sware 
moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, 
Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there 
is but a step between me and death. 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I 
will even do it for thee.tt 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I 
should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the 
third day at even. °If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might 
run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.S 7 If he say thus, It is 
well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant 
of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest 
thou bring me to thy father? 

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my 
father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 1° Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell 
me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 

11q And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both 
of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded 
my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and 
I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;**tt 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but 
if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go 
in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.** 14 And thou shalt not only 
while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy 
kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every 
one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the 
LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.8§ 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, 





* 

t 19:13 image: Heb. teraphim § 9:24 lay: Heb. fell 20:2 shew...: Heb. uncover mine ear t 20:4 Whatsoever...: or, Say 
2K 

what is thy mind and I will do, etc $ 20:4 desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh § 20:6 sacrifice: or, feast 20:12 sounded: 

Heb. searched tt 20:12 shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear +f 20:13 shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear §§ 20:16 made: Heb. cut 


1 Samuel 20:18 237 1 Samuel 21:5 


because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.*** 18 Then Jonathan said to David, 


To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.ttt 19 And when 
thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst 


hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.+##888* 20 and I will 
shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 2! And, behold, I will send a lad, 
saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of 
thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.t 22 But 
if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath 
sent thee away. 23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be 
between thee and me for ever. 

24 q So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to 
eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan 
arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty. 2° Nevertheless Saul spake not any 
thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 
27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was 
empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither 
yesterday, nor to day? 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth- 
lehem: 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, 
he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I 
pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table. 3° Then Saul’s anger 
was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do 
not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of 
thy mother’s nakedness?* 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be 
established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.8 
32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath 
he done? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined 
of his father to slay David. 34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the 
second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. 

35 q And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed 
with David, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I 
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.** 37 And when the lad was come to the place 
of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond 
thee? 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up 
the arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew 
the matter. 4° And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the 
city. tt## 

41q And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to 
the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, 
until David exceeded. 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of 
us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy 


seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.8§ 


1Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, 
and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?” 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the 
priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing 
of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my 
servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of 
bread in mine hand, or what there is present.t 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no 
common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves 
at least from women. > And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been 





ARK 
20:17 because...: or, by his love toward him Tt 20:18 empty: Heb. missed Ht 20:19 quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly 


S88 20:19 when the...: Heb. in the day of the business . 20:19 Ezel: or, that sheweth the way t 20:21 no hurt: Heb. not any 
thing + 20:30 Thou...: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion § 20:31 shall...: Heb. is the son of death oe 20:36 
beyond...: Heb. to pass over him tt 20:40 artillery: Heb. instruments +H 20:40 his lad: Heb. the lad that washis 88 20:42 
forasmuch...: or, the LORD be witness of that which etc i 21:1 Ahimelech: also called Ahiah t 21:3 present: Heb. found 


1 Samuel 21:6 238 1 Samuel 22:16 


kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and 


the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.* 6 So the priest 
gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before 
the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of 
Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of 
the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 

8 q And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I 
have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste. 
9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, 
behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other 
save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. 

10q And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And 
the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to 
another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And 
David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid 

of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad 
in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.§ 
14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to 


me?” 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? 
shall this fellow come into my house? 


22 

1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all 
his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and 
every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and 
he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.*t 

3 q And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father 
and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he 
brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the 
hold. 

5 q And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of 
Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. 

6 q When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in 
Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about 
him;)* 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of 
Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains 
of hundreds; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my 
son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth 
unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?8 

9 q Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the 
son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 1° And he enquired of the LORD for him, 
and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. '! Then the king sent to call 
Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and 
they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, 
Here I am, my lord.** 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of 
Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should 
rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who 
is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, 
and is honourable in thine house? 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let 
not the king impute 

any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, 


less or more.tt 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house. 





aK 
t 21:5 yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel § 91:13 scrabbled: or, made marks 21:14 is 
* 
mad: or, playeth the mad man 22:2 was in debt: Heb. hada creditor t 22:2 discontented: Heb. bitter of soul # 22:6 treet 


aK 
or, grove in a high place S 22:8 sheweth...: Heb. uncovereth mine ear 22:12 Here...: Heb. Behold me tt 22:15 less...: Heb. 
little or great 


1 Samuel 22:17 239 1 Samuel 23:25 


17q And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; 
because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. 


But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.*+ 
18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and 
he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 
19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote 

he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, 
and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 

20 q And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after 
David. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests. 22 And David said unto 
Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have 
occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he 
that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 


23 

1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the 
threshingfloors. Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall 1 go and smite these Philistines? 
And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3 And David’s men said 
unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the 
armies of the Philistines? 4Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him 
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 5 So David and his 
men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them 
with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. ® And it came to pass, when Abiathar 
the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 

7q And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into 
mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the 
people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 

9 q And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the 
priest, Bring hither the ephod. !°Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly 
heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the men of Keilah 
deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? 0 LORD God of Israel, 
I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the 
men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee 

* 
up. 
13 q Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and 
went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he 
forbare to go forth. 

14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness 
of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw 
that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 

16 q And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in 
God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou 
shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. 18 And 
they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his 
house. 

19q Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in 
strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?t# 20Now therefore, 
O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver 
him into the king’s hand. 2! And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on 
me. 22Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen 
him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.8 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all 
the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go 
with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the 
thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in 
the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek 
him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. 





* 
+ 22:17 footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners 23:12 deliver: Heb. shut up t 23:19 on...: Heb. on the right hand # 23:19 
Jeshimon: or, the wilderness § 23:22 haunt...: Heb. foot shall be 


1 Samuel 23:26 240 1 Samuel 25:3 


And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.** 26 And Saul went on 
this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste 
to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take 
them. 

27 q But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have 
invaded the land.tt 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the 


Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.** 
29q And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. 


24 


1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, 


saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.” 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men 
out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to 
the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men 
remained in the sides of the cave. 4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the 
LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him 


as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.t 5 And 
it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. © And he 
said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, 
to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. 7 So David stayed his 
servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, 


and went on his way.* 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, 
saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked 

behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 

9q And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy 
hurt? 1° Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine 
hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth 
mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed. !! Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the 
skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou 
and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; 
yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge 
me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness 
proceedeth 

from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 4 After whom is the king of Israel come 
out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 5 The LORD therefore be judge, and 
judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.§ 

16q And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul 
said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. !” And he said to David, 
Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 
18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD 
had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not." 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let 
him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 
20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be 
established in thine hand. 2! Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my 
seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house. 22 And David sware 
unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. 


25 
1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him 
in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 
2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, 
and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.” 
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good 





ok 
23:25 into...: or, from the rock tt 23:27 invaded...: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc + 23:28 Sela-hammahlekoth: that is, 

* 
The rock of divisions 24:1 following: Heb. after t 24:4 Saul’s...: Heb. the robe which was Saul’s + 24:7 stayed: Heb. cut off 


aK * 
§ 24:15 deliver: Heb. judge 24:18 delivered: Heb. shut up 25:2 possessions: or, business 


1 Samuel 25:4 241 1 Samuel 25:31 


understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and 
he was of the house of Caleb. 

4q And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young 
men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my 
name:t 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to 
thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now 
thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, 
all the while they were in Carmel.* 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the 
young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come ina good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh 
to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. ? And when David’s young men came, they spake 
to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.§ 

10g And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there 
be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. 1! Shall I then take my bread, 
and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not 


whence they be?** 

12 So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 
13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his 
sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; 
and two hundred abode by the stuff. 

14q But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out 
of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.{t 15 But the men were very good unto us, 
and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when 
we were in the fields:## 1° They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with 
them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined 
against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that aman cannot speak 
to him. 

18q Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep 
ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred 
cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.8§ 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I 
come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 2° And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she 
came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she 
met them. #1 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, 
so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. 22 So 
and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning 
light any that pisseth against the wall. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the 
ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 74 And fell at his feet, and said, 
Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine 
audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.”** 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man 
of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine 
handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. ttt### 26 Now therefore, my lord, 
as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed 
blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil 
to my lord, be as Nabal.8$§ 27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, 
let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.*t 281 pray thee, forgive the trespass of 
thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the 
battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue 
thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD 
thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.* 30 and 
it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath 
spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 3! That this shall be no grief 
unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my 





a 
t 25:5 greet...: Heb. ask him in my name of peace t 25:7 hurt: Heb. shamed 8 25:9 ceased: Heb. rested 25:11 flesh: Heb. 
RAK 
slaughter tt 25:14 railed...: Heb. flew upon them + 25:15 hurt: Heb. shamed 88 25:18 clusters: or, lumps 25:24 
audience: Heb. ears Tit 25:25 regard: Heb. lay it to his heart #44 25:25 Nabal: that is, Fool S88 95:06 avenging...: Heb. 


* 
saving thyself 25:27 blessing: or, present i 25:27 follow...: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc # 25:29 as out...: Heb. in the midst 
of the bought of a sling 


1 Samuel 25:32 242 1 Samuel 26:16 


lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember 
thine handmaid.§ 

32 q And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet 
me: 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed 
blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel 
liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, 
surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 35 So 
David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine 
house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. 

36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and 
Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less 
or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out 
of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a 
stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. 

39 q And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the 
cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath 
returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to 
take her to him to wife. 4° And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake 
unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 41 And she arose, and bowed 
herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of 
the servants of my lord. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of 
hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.** 43 David 
also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. 

44q But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of 
Gallim.*t 





1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of 
Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? ? Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, 
having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And 
Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the 
wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, 
and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 

5 q And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place 
where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the 
people pitched round about him.* 

6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother 
to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with 
thee. 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the 
trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about 
him. 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now 
therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite 
him the second time.t 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand 
against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless? 1° David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD 
shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. '' The LORD 
forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou 
now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. !2 So David took the spear and 
the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither 
awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. 

13 q Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space 
being between them: 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest 
thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? 15 And David 
said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou 
not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 16 This 
thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not 
kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water 





aK 
§ 95:31 no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling 25:42 after her: Heb. at her feet tt 25:44 Phalti: also called, Phaltiel 
* 
26:5 trench: or, midst of his carriages t 26:8 delivered: Heb. shut up 


1 Samuel 26:17 243 1 Samuel 28:6 


that was at his bolster.* 17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And 
David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. !8 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his 
servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord 
the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept 
an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven 


me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.8** 20 Now 
therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come 
out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 

21q Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my 
soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 
22 And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over 
and fetch it. The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD 
delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s 
anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much 
set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, 
Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David 
went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. 


27 
1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better 
for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, 


to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.* 2 And David arose, and he 
passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 
3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with 
his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife. 4 And it was told 
Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 

5 q And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place 
in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal 
city with thee? ©Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of 
Judah unto this day. 7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year 
and four months. t* 

8q And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: 
for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of 
Egypt.S 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, 
and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. 1° And 
Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and 
against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites."* 1 And David saved 
neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So 
did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 12 And 
Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall 


be my servant for ever.tt 


28 

1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, 
to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me 
to battle, thou and thy men. ? And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can 
do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 

3 q Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his 
own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 4 And 
the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all 
Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was 
afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. ® And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered 
him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 





aK * 
# 26:16 worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death § r6:19 accept: Heb. smell 26:19 abiding: Heb. cleaving 27:1 perish: 
Heb. be consumed i 27:7 the time: Heb. the number of days + 27:7 a full year: Heb. a year of days § 27:8 Gezrites: or, 
aK 
Gerzites 27:10 Whither...: or, Did you not make a road, etc tt 27:12 utterly...: Heb. to stink 


1 Samuel 28:7 244 1 Samuel 29:7 


7q Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to 
her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there isa woman that hath a familiar spirit 
at Endor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, 
and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, 
and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou 
knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, 
out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 1° And Saul sware 
to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen 

to thee for this thing. 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring 
me up Samuel. !2 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake 
to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not 
afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered 
with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and 
bowed himself.” 

15q And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am 
sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth 
me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make 
known unto me what I shall do.t 16Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the 
LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 1” And the LORD hath done to him, as he 
spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, 
even to David:¥§ 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath 
upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the LORD will 
also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be 
with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. 

20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of 
Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.** 

21q And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, 
thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy 
words which thou spakest unto me. 2? Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of 
thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, 
when thou goest on thy way. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with 
the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat 
upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took 
flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and 
before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. 


29 

1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a 
fountain which is inJezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: 
but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, 
What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the 
servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found 
no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with 
him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to 
his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle 
he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be 
with the heads of these men? 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, 
Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 

6 q Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, 
and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil 


in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.” 
7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.t 





i 28:14 What...: Heb. What is his form? t 28:15 by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets t 28:17 to him: or, for himself 
* 
§ 28:17 me: Heb. mine hand eo 28:20 fell...: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature 29:6 the lords...: Heb. 


thou art not good in the eyes of the lords t 29:7 displease...: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords 


1 Samuel 29:8 245 1 Samuel 30:24 


8 q And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so 
long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the 
king?* 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of 
God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 
10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: 
and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11 So David and his men rose up 
early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up 
to Jezreel. 


30 

1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the 
Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had 
taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them 
away, and went on their way. 

3q So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and 
their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4Then David and the people that were with him 
lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. ° And David’s two wives were 
taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. © And David was 
greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, 


every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.” 

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And 
Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue 
after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake 
them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, 
and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 1° But David pursued, he and 
four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the 
brook Besor. 

11q And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and 
he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two 
clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor 
drunk any water, three days and three nights. !3 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? 
and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master 
left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, 
and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with 
fire. 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto 
me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver 

me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 

16q And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating 
and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the 
Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. !7 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the 
evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which 
rode upon camels, and fled.t 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and 
David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither 
sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This 
is David’s spoil. 

21q And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, 
whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet 
the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.* 22Then 
answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they 
went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man 
his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.§ 23 Then said David, Ye shall not 
do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered 
the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but 
as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part 





* 
# 29:8 with...: Heb. before thee 30:6 grieved: Heb. bitter t 30:17 the next...: Heb. their morrow t 30:21 saluted...: or, 
asked them how they did S 30:22 those: Heb. men 


1 Samuel 30:25 246 1 Samuel 31:13 


alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto 
this day.” 

26 q And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, 
saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;tt 27To them which were 
in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, 28 And to them 
which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 2? And 
to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them 
which were in the cities of the Kenites, 3° And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were 
in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 3! And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the 
places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. 


31 

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, 
and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.” 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; 
and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons. 3 And the battle went 
sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.'¥ 4Then said Saul 
unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised 
come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. 
Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.8 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he 


fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. °So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, 
and all his men, that same day together. 

7q And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the 
other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook 
the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found 
Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, 
and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among 
the people. !° And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the 
wall of Beth-shan. 

11q And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;"* 
12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons 
from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, 
and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 





ok * 
30:25 forward: Heb. and forward TT 30:26 present: Heb. blessing 31:1 slain: or, wounded t 31:3 and the archers: Heb. 


2K 
and the shooters, men with bows t 31:3 hit...: Heb. found him § 31:4 abuse...: or, mock me 31:11 of that: or, concerning 
him that 


2 Samuel 1:1 247 2 Samuel 2:6 


The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the Second Book of 
the Kings 


1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the 
Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, 
behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and 
so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 And David said unto 
him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 4 And 
David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people 
are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his 


son are dead also.” 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul 
and Jonathan his son be dead? © And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon 
mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard 
after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here 
am 1.t 8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 9 He said unto me 
again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet 
whole in me.* 1° So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that 
he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and 
have brought them hither unto my lord. 

11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the 
people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 

13 q And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the 
son of a stranger, an Amalekite. !4 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth 
thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed? 15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go 
near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon 
thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed. 

17q And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade 
them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)§ 19 The 
beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 2° Tell it not in Gath, publish 
it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the 
uncircumcised triumph. 2! Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon 
you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, 
as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, 
the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan 
were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than 
eagles, they were stronger than lions.”* 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in 
scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 25 How are the mighty 
fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. 261 am distressed 
for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, 
passing the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 


Z 

1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of 
the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And 
he said, Unto Hebron. 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, 
and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite. 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every 
man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and 
there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of 
Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. 

5 q And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of 
the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. © And 
now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because 





* 
1:4 How...: Heb. What was, etc t 1:7 Here...: Heb. Behold me t 1:9 anguish...: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) 
KK 
hindereth me, that my, etc § 1:18 of Jasher: or, of the upright 1:23 pleasant: or, sweet 


2 Samuel 2:7 248 2 Samuel 3:6 


ye have done this thing. ? Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your 


master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.” 

8q But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him 
over to Mahanaim;t* 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and 
over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 1° Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when 
he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And the 
time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.8 

12q And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from 
Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met 
together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other 
on the other side of the pool.** 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before 
us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 5 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, 
which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 1° And they caught 
every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: 
wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.tt 17 And there was a very sore 
battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 

18 q And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as 
light of foot as a wild roe.*#8§ 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the 


right hand nor to the left from following Abner.*** 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art 
thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or 
to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would 


not turn aside from following of him.ttt 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from 
following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab 
thy brother? 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear 
smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died 
in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and 
died stood still. 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were 
come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 

25q And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, 
and stood on the top of an hill. 2 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? 
knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the 
people return from following their brethren? 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, 
surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.###88§ 28 so 
Joab blew atrumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they 
any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, 
and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. 3° AndJoab returned from following Abner: 
and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and 
Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred 
and threescore men died. 

32q And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. 
And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. 


1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed 
stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 

2q And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the 
Jezreelitess; 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom 
the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;* 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of 
Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. 
These were born to David in Hebron. 

6 q And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that 
Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. 





t 2:7 be ye...: Heb. be ye the sons of valour t 2:8 Saul’s host: Heb. the host which was Saul’s # 2:8 Ish-bosheth: or, Esh-baal 
S 9:11 time: Heb. number of days si 2:13 together: Heb. them together tt 2:16 Helkath-hazzurim: that is, The field of strong 
men + 2:18 of foot: Heb. of his feet 8§ 2:18 as a wild...: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field =e 2:19 from...: Heb. 
from after Abner TTT 2:21 armour: or, spoil Ht 2:27 in the...: Heb. from the morning S88 4.97 gone...: or, gone away 
= 3:3 Chileab: or, Daniel 


2 Samuel 3:7 249 2 Samuel 3:39 


7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to 
Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine? ® Then was Abner very wroth for 
the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day 
unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into 
the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? 9 So do God to 
Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 1° To translate 
the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from 
Dan even to Beer-sheba. 1! And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. 

12q And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make 
thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 

13. q And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou 
shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my 
face.t 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, 
which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took 
her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.* 16 And her husband went with her along 
weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.§ 

17q And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times 


past to be king over you:” 18Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand 
of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand 
of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in 
the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of 
Benjamin. 2°So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and 
the men that were with hima feast. 2! And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all 
Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over 
all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 

22q And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great 
spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone 
in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the 
son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to 
the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent 
him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, 
and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26 And when Joab was 
come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: 
but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to 
speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel 
his brother.tt 

28 q And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD 
for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:## 2° Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his 
father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, 
or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.§8 3° So Joab and Abishai 
his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 

31 q And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird 
you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.*** 32 And they 
buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the 
people wept. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? 34 Thy hands 
were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And 
all the people wept again over him.ttt 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat 
while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, 
till the sun be down. 3° And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king 
did pleased all the people.*#* 37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of 
the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is 
a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and 





aK 
t 3:13 that is: Heb. saying # 3:15 Phaltiel: also called, Phalti 8 3:16 along...: Heb. going and weeping 3:17 in times...: 


Heb. both yesterday and the third day tt 3:27 quietly: or, peaceably +t 3:28 blood: Heb. bloods §§ 3:29 fail: Heb. be cut off 
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3:31 bier: Heb. bed ttt 3:34 wicked...: Heb. children of iniquity +44 3:36 pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes 


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these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to 
his wickedness.S8§ 


4 


1 And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the 
Israelites were troubled. 2 And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the 
one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children 
of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and 
were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He 
was five years old when the tidings came of Saul andJonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, 
and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was 
Mephibosheth.t 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about 
the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. © And they came thither 
into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the 
fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on 
his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, 
and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David 
to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which 
sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 

9q And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said 
unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, !° When one told me, 
saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in 
Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:¥§ 11 How much more, when 
wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now 
require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? !2 And David commanded his young 
men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in 
Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. 


1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy 
bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and 
broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be 
a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a 
league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. 

4q David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he 
reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years 
over all Israel and Judah. 

6 q And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which 
spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: 
thinking, David cannot come in hither.” 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same 
is the city of David. § And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth 
the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. 
Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.t 9 So David dwelt in the 
fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 1° And David 
went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him,* 

11q And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: 
and they built David an house.8 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over 
Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake. 

13q And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: 
and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born 
unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, 
and Nepheg, and Japhia, !¢ And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 





* 

§8§ 3:39 weak: Heb. tender 4:2 other: Heb. second 4:4 Mephibosheth: or, Merib-baal + 4:10 thinking...: Heb. he was 
* 

in his own eyes as a bringer, etc § 4:10 who...: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings 5:6 thinking...: or, saying 

David shall not, etc t 5:8 Wherefore...: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not t 5:10 went...: Heb. 


went, going and growing § 5:11 masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall 


2 Samuel 5:17 251 2 Samuel 6:21 


17q But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines 
came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philistines also came 
and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. !9 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I 
go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go 
up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 2° And David came to Baal-perazim, and 
David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the 
breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim."* 21 And there they left 
their images, and David and his men burned them.tt 

22 q And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 23 And 
when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and 
come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a 
going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go 
out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded 
him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.** 


1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and 
went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of 
God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.*t 
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was 
in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.*§ 4 And they brought it out 
of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before 
the ark.** 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments 
made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 

6q And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and 
took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.1t## 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and 
God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.§§ 8 And David was displeased, 
because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to 
this day."**ttt 9° And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD 
come to me? 1° So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but 
David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 1 And the ark of the LORD continued 
7 ers of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his 

ousehold. 

12q And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that 
pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the 
house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare 
the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced before 
the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house 
of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. !¢ And as 
the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and 
saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. 

17q And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that 
David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.*#* 
18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed 
the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the 
whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece 
of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 

20 q Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet 
David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes 
of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!§8§ 21 and 
David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all 





. 5:20 Baal-perazim: that is, the plain of breaches tt 5:21 burned...: or, took them away + 5:25 Geba: also called, Gibeon 
7 6:2 Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim if 6:2 whose name...: or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was 
called upon + 6:3 set: Heb. made to ride § 6:3 Gibeah: or, the hill a 6:4 accompanying: Heb. with tt 6:6 Nachon: also 
called Chidon + 6:6 shook it: or, stumbled §§ 6:7 error: or, rashness iis 6:8 made: Heb. broken ttt 6:8 Perez-uzzah: 
that is, the breach of Uzzah Ht 6:17 pitched: Heb. stretched S88 6.29 shamelessly: or, openly 


2 Samuel 6:22 252 2 Samuel 7:29 


his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before 
the LORD. 2? And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the 


maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.” 23 Therefore Michal the 
daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 


1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about 
from all his enemies; 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of 
cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in 
thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. 

4q And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, °Go and tell 
my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?” ® Whereas 
I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even 
to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with 
all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my 
people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?t 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto 
my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the 
sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:* 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and 
have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name 
of the great men that are in the earth.S 1° Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will 
plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children 
of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 1! And as since the time that I commanded judges 
to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth 
thee that he will make thee an house. 

12q And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after 
thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and! will establish his kingdom. !3 He shall build an house 
for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. !41 will be his father, and he shall 
be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the 
children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put 
away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy 
throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so 
did Nathan speak unto David. 

18 q Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and 
what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? !9 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, 
O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this 


the manner of man, 0 Lord GOD?** 2° And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, 
knowest thy servant. 2! For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these 
great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is 
none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 
23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a 
people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, 
before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For 
thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art 
become their God. 25 And now, 0 LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, 
and concerning his house, establish 

it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of 
hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For 
thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: 
therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.tt 28 And now, O Lord 
GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 
29Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before 
thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed 


for ever.¥# 





* * 
6:22 of the...: or, of the handmaids of my servants 7:5 my servant...: Heb. to my servant, to David t 7:7 any of...: any of 
aK 
the judges t 7:8 from following: Heb. from after § 7:9 out of..: Heb. from thy face 7:19 manner: Heb. law tt 227 
revealed: Heb. opened the ear +4 7:29 let it...: Heb. be thou pleased and bless 


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1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took 


Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.” 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a 
line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one 
full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. 

3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border 
at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, 
and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an 
hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, 
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. © Then David put garrisons in Syria of 
Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David 
whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, 
and brought them to Jerusalem. ® And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David 
took exceeding much brass. 

9 ¢ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 1° Then Toi 
sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against 
Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels 


of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:8**tt## 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto 
the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; !? Of Syria, 
and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of 
Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting 
of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.8§ 

14q And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom 
became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 

15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;"** 
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was 
the scribe:tTT 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and 
David’s sons were chief rulers.*## 


1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for 
Jonathan’s sake? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they 
had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. 3 And 
the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? 
And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. 4 And the king said unto 
him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, 
in Lo-debar. 

5 q Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo- 
debar. © Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell 


on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!” 

7q And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s 
sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table 
continually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon 
such a dead dog as I am? 

9q Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son 
all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. 1° Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall 
till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but 
Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty 
servants. '! Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his 
servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of 
the king’s sons. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in 





* 
8:1 Metheg-ammah: or, the bridle of Ammah t 8:3 Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer t 8:4 from...: or, of his chariots § 8:10 Joram: 
KK 
also called, Hadoram 8:10 salute...: Heb. ask him of peace tt 8:10 had wars...: Heb. was a man of wars with + 8:10 
KKK 
brought...: Heb. in his hand were §§ 8:13 smiting: Heb. his smiting 8:16 recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles 


* 
aT 8:17 scribe: or, secretary +t 8:18 chief rulers: or, princes 9:6 Mephibosheth: also called Merib-baal 


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the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did 
eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet. 


10 

1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son 
reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his 
father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his 
father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the 
children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that 
he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the 
city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?” 4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved 
off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and 
sent them away. > When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly 
ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 

6 q And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent 
and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king 
Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent 
Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in 
array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, 
were by themselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before 
and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 1° And 
the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array 
against the children of Ammon. !! And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt 
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 Be 
of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD 
do that which seemeth him good. !3 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the 
battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the 
Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from 
the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 

15 q And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves 
together. 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came 
to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.*8 17 And when it was 
told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians 
set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and 
David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote 
Shobach the captain of their host, who died there."* 19 And when all the kings that were servants to 
Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So 
the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. 


11 

1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David 
sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and 
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.” 

2q And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the 
roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very 
beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath- 
sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?t# 4 And David sent messengers, and took 
her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she 


returned unto her house.§ 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with 
child. 

6q And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And 
when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded 





* 

10:3 Thinkest...:; Heb. In thine eyes doth David t 10:6 Ish-tob: or, the men of Tob # 10:16 the river: that is, Euphrates 
KK * 

§ 10:16 Shobach: or, Shophach 10:18 horsemen: also called, footmen 11:1 after...: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the 


spring i 11:3 Bath-sheba: or, Bath-shuah t 113 Eliam: or Ammiel 8 11:4 for she... or, and when she had purified herself, 
etc, she returned 


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of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.”* 8 And David said to 
Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there 
followed him a mess of meat from the king.tt 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with 
all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. !° And when they had told David, saying, 
Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why 
then didst thou not go down unto thine house? " And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and 
Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; 
shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy 
soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow 
I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 13 And when David had 
called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on 
his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 

14 q And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand 
of Uriah. 5 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and 


retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.*#88 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed 
the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of 
the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and 
Uriah the Hittite died also. 

18 q Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, 
saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 2° And if so be 
that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when 
ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of 
Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in 


Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."** 

22 q So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the 
messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, 
and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall 
upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead 
also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease 
thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, 


and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. ttt### 
26 q And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her 
husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became 


his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.SSS 


1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two 
men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and 
it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own 


cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.” 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich 
man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that 
was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 
5 And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, 
the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:t © And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because 
he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 

7q And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee 
king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; § And I gave thee thy master’s house, 
and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that 
had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. ? Wherefore hast thou 
despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with 
the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of 
Ammon. !°Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised 





* 11:7 how Joab...: Heb. of the peace of, etc tt 11:8 followed...; Heb. went out after him + 11:15 hottest: Heb. strong 
§§ 11:15 from him: Heb. from after him ae 11:21 Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal ttt 11:25 displease...: Heb. be evil in 
thine eyes Ht 11:25 one... Heb. soand such 888 44:27 displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of ‘i 12:3 meat: Heb. morsel 


t 12:5 shall...: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death 


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me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 1! Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will 
raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give 
them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it 
secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, 
I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; 
thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of 
the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 

15q And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare 
unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and 
went in, and lay all night upon the earth.* 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to 
raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came 
to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the 
child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would 
not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?8 19 But 
when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David 
said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 2° Then David arose from the earth, 
and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and 
worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he 
did eat. 2! Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and 
weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And 
he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be 
gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him 
back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 

24q And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare 
ason, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan 
the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.” 

26 q And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab 
sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I 
take the city, and it be called after my name.tt 29 and David gathered all the people together, and went 
to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 3° And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the 
weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he 
brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.*# 31 And he brought forth the people that were 
therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them 
pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and 
all the people returned unto Jerusalem. 


13 

1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was 
Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2? And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister 
Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.” 3But Amnon 
had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very 
subtil man. 4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou 
not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.t* 5 And Jonadab 
said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see 
thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my 
sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 

6 q So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon 
said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, 
that I may eat at her hand. 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s 
house, and dress him meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And 
she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.§ 9 And she took a 
pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from 
me. And they went out every man from him. 1° And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the 





aK 
$ 12:16 fasted: Heb. fasted a fast § 12:18 vex: Heb. do hurt 12:25 Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the LORD tt 12:28 it be 
* 
called...: Heb. my name be called upon it He 12:30 in great...: Heb. very great 13:2 Amnon thought...: Heb. it was marvellous, 
or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon t 13:4 lean: Heb. thin # 13:4 from day...: Heb. morning by morning § 13:8 flour: or, paste 


2 Samuel 13:11 257 2 Samuel 13:39 


chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought 
them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. ! And when she had brought them unto him to eat, 
he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, Nay, my 
brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.**tt 13 and 
I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now 
therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. !4Howbeit he would 
not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 

15q Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than 
the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.** 16 And she said unto 
him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. 
But he would not hearken unto her. 1” Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, 
Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 18 And she had a garment of divers colours 
upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant 
brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 

19 q And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and 
laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 2° And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon 
thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. 
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.88*** ttt 

21 q But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Absalom spake unto 
his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister 
Tamar. 

23 q And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which 
is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons. 24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, 
Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy 
servant. 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto 
thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 2° Then said Absalom, If not, I 
pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? 
27But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him. 

28 q Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry 
with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? 
be courageous, and be valiant.*##88§ 29 and the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had 
commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.* 

30 q And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom 
hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left. 3! Then the king arose, and tare his 
garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 32 And Jonadab, 
the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain 
all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this 
hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.t# 33 Now therefore let not my 
lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is 
dead. 34But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, 
behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. 35 And Jonadab said unto the 
king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.8 3° And it came to pass, as soon as he 
had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: 
and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.” 

37 q But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned 
for his son every day.'t 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. 39 And the 
soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing 


he was dead.## 





. 13:12 force...: Heb. humble me tt 13:12 no such...: Heb. it ought not so to be done + 13:15 exceedingly: Heb. with great 
hatred greatly 88 13:20 Amnon: Heb. Aminon or 13:20 regard...: Heb. set not thy heart tit 13:20 desolate: Heb. and 
desolate +44 13:28 have...: or, will you not, since I have commanded you? S88 13.28 valiant: Heb. sons of valour . 13:29 
gat...: Heb. rode t 13:32 appointment: Heb. mouth t 13:32 determined: or, settled § 13:35 as thy...: Heb. according to the 


a 
word of thy servant 13:36 very...: Heb. with a great weeping greatly tt 13:37 Ammihud: or, Ammihur +4 13:39 longed: 
or, was consumed 


2 Samuel 14:1 258 2 Samuel 14:27 


14 

1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom. ? And Joab sent to 
Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, 
and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long 
time mourned for the dead: 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put 
the words in her mouth. 

4q And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did 
obeisance, and said, Help, 0 king,” 5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, 
I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they 
two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew 
him. 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that 
smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy 
the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither 


name nor remainder upon the earth.* 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and 
I will give charge concerning thee. 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, 0 king, 
the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. 1° And the 
king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer 
the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, 
there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.8 12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray 
thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 3 And the woman said, Wherefore 
then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as 
one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. 14 For we must needs die, 
and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any 


person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.** 15 Now therefore that 
Tam come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: 
and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request 
of his handmaid. !¢ For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would 
destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 1” Then thine handmaid said, The word 
of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern 
good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. t## 18 Then the king answered and said 
unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, 
Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And 
the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand 
or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he 
put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 2° To fetch about this form of speech hath thy 
servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know 
all things that are in the earth. 

21q And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young 
man Absalom again. 2? And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the 
king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, 0 king, 
in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.88*** 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and 
brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 4 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see 
my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face. 

25 q But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised 

as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no 
blemish in him.ttt 26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: 
because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two 
hundred shekels after the king’s weight. 27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one 
daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. 





* 

14:4 Help: Heb. Save t 14:6 none...: Heb. no deliverer between them # 14:7 upon...: Heb. upon the face of the earth S$ ya 
RK 

that...: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy 14:14 neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, 

he hath also devised means, etc tt 14:17 comfortable: Heb. for rest + 14:17 to discern: Heb, to hear §§ 14:22 thanked: 


RAK 
Heb. blessed 14:22 his servant: or, thy servant ttt 14:25 But...: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all 
Israel to praise greatly 


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28 q So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face. 2? Therefore Absalom 
sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the 
second time, he would not come. 3° Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, 
and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.*¥* 31 Then 
Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set 
my field on fire? 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I 
may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have 
been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill 
me. 33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the 
king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. 


1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to 
run before him. 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that 
when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called 


unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.” 
3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the 
king to hear thee.t 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man 
which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! > And it was so, that 
when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed 
him. © And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom 
stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 

7q And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go 
and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while 
I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will 
serve the LORD. ? And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. 

10 q But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound 
of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. ' And with Absalom went two hundred 
men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 
2 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, 
while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with 
Absalom. 

13 q And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 
14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we 
shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil 
upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.* 15 And the king’s servants said unto the king, 


Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.§ 16 And the king went 
forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep 


the house.”** 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was 
far off. 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and 
all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 

19q Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and 
abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, 
should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take 
back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.tt 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the 
LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether 
in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And 
Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 23 And all the 
country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the 
brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.*+ 

24q And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and 
they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the 
city. 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if 1 shall find favour in 
the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 2¢ But if he thus 





* 

Ht 14:30 near...: Heb. near my place 15:2 came: Heb. to come t 15:3 there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward 
aK 

+ 15:14 bring: Heb. thrust § 15:15 appoint: Heb. choose 15:16 after...: Heb. at his feet tt 15:20 go up...: Heb. wander 

in going + 15:23 Kidron: Gr. Cedron 


2 Samuel 15:27 260 2 Samuel 16:18 


say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. 27 The 
king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two 
sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of 
the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried 
the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. 

30 q And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head 
covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and 
they went up, weeping as they went up.S§ 

31q And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, 
O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 

32 q And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped 
God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 33 Unto 
whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: 34 But if thou 
return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant 
hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 
35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what 
thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; 
and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 37 So Hushai David’s friend came into 
the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. 


1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met 
him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred 
bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto 
Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; 
and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the 
wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, 
Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom 
of my father. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And 


Ziba said, 1 humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, 0 king.* 

5 q And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house 
of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.t 6 And he 
cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men 
were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, 


thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:* 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the 
house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the 
hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.§ 

9q Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the 
king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. !° And the king said, What have I to do with you, 
ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall 
then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 1! And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, 
my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh 

my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the 
LORD hath bidden him. ! It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD 


will requite me good for his cursing this day."* 13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei 
went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast 
dust.1t 14 and the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves 
there. 

15q And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai 
said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.+# 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy 
kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; 
but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I 





§§ 15:30 and wept...: Heb. going up and weepin. * 16:4 I humbly...: Heb. I do obeisance t 16:5 he came forth...: or, he still 
Pp going up ping ry: 

came forthand cursed * 16:7 bloody...: Heb. man of blood § 16:8 behold...: Heb. behold thee in thy evil = 16:12 affliction: 

or, tears: Heb. eye tt 16:13 cast...: Heb. dusted him with dust + 16:16 God...: Heb. Let the king live 


2 Samuel 16:19 261 2 Samuel 17:23 


abide. 19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served 
in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence. 

20 q Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 2! And Ahithophel 
said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all 
Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee 
be strong. 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his 
father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in 
those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both 
with David and with Absalom.S$ 


17 

1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will 
arise and pursue after David this night: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, 
and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 
3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so 
all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.” 
5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.t © And 
when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after 
this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.* 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The 
counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy 
father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of 
her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.** 9 Behold, 
he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be 
overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that 
follow Absalom.tt 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: 
for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. 
11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, 
as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.4* 12 So 
shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew 
falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much 
as one. !3 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will 
draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Absalom and all the men 
of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD 
had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil 
upon Absalom.8§ 

15q Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel 
Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 1° Now therefore send quickly, 
and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest 
the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. !”7 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by 
En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they 
went and told king David. 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of 
them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they 
went down. !9 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground 
corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 2° And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the 
house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over 
the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 
21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and 
told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel 
counselled against you. 

22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the 
morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 

23 q And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and 
gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, 





* 

S88 16:23 oracle: Heb. word 17:4 pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc t 17:5 what...: Heb. what is in his mouth 
ct 

t 17:6 his saying: Heb. his word S$ in7 given: Heb. counselled 17:8 chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul tt 17:9 overthrown: 

Heb. fallen +t 17:11 that thou...: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc 8§ 17:14 appointed: Heb. commanded 


2 Samuel 17:24 262 2 Samuel 18:21 


and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.***ttt 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom 
passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 

25 q And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, 
whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah 
Joab’s mother.###88$* 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 

27q And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah 
of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of 
Rogelim, 28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and 
parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,t 2° And honey, and butter, and sheep, and 
cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is 
hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. 


18 
1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of 
hundreds over them. 2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a 
third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruich, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand 
of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 But 
the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if 
half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better 


that thou succour us out of the city."t# 4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. 
And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. > And 
the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, 
even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning 
Absalom. 

6 q So the people went out into the field against 

Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; ? Where the people of Israel were slain before the 
servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the 
battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that 
day than the sword devoured.§ 

9q And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upona mule, and the mule went under 
the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the 
heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 1° And a certain man saw it, and told 
Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, 
And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have 
given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a 
thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for 
in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young 
man Absalom." tt 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is 
no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. 14Then said Joab, I 
may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart 
of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.##8§ 15 And ten young men that bare Joab’s 
armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the 
people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absalom, 
and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel 
fled every one to his tent. 

18 ¢ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s 
dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own 
name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place. 

19q Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the 
LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.*** 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this 
day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s 


son is dead.ttt 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed 





3 17:23 followed: Heb. done ttt 17:23 put his...: Heb. gave charge concerning his house +t 17:25 Ithra an Israelite: or, 
Jether an Ishmaelite S88 17.25 Abigail: Heb. Abigal x 17:25 Nahash: or, Jesse t 17:28 basons: or, cups i 18:3 care...: Heb. 
set their heart on us t 18:3 worth...: Heb. as ten thousand of us + 18:3 succour: Heb. be to succour or help § 18:8 devoured: 
Heb. multiplied to devour oa 18:12 receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand tt 18:12 Beware...: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, 
etc 4 18:14 with... Heb. before thee 88 18:14 midst: Heb. heart ant 18:19 avenged...: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc 
TAT 18:20 bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc 


2 Samuel 18:22 263 2 Samuel 19:17 


himself unto Joab, and ran. 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, 
let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that 
thou hast no tidings ready?###888 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. 
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 24 And David sat between the two gates: 
and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, 
and behold a man running alone. 25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, 
If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 26 And the watchman 
saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man 
running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. 27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh 
the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is 


a good man, and cometh with good tidings.* 28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. 
And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, 
which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. t# 29 And the king 
said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and 
me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.8 30 And the king said unto him, Turn 
aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, 
Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against 
thee."* 32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The 
enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 

33. q And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as 
he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, 0 
Absalom, my son, my son! 


19 
1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. ? And the victory that 
day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king 


was grieved for his son.” 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being 
ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a 
loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, 
and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and 
the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou 
regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had 
died this day, then it had pleased thee well.t* 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably 
unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this 
night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.8 
8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king 
doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. 

9q And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us 
out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is 
fled out of the land for Absalom. !° And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now 
therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?** 

11q And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, 
saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come 
to the king, even to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are 
ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? 
God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of 
Joab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent 
this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. 
And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. 

16q And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the 
men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba 





* 
Ht 18:22 howsoever: Heb. be what may S88 19.22 ready: or, convenient 18:27 Me...: Heb. I see the running t 18:28 All...: 
KK 
or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace t 18:28 delivered...: Heb. shut up § 18,29 Is... Heb. Is there peace? 18:31 Tidings: Heb. 
* 
Tidings is brought 19:2 victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance t 19:6 In...: Heb. By loving, etc t 19:6 that thou regardest...: 


aK 
Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee § 19:7 comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants 19:10 speak...: Heb. are 
ye silent? 


2 Samuel 19:18 264 2 Samuel 20:1 


the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went 
over Jordan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, 
and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come 
over Jordan;tt 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou 
remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, 
that the king should take it to his heart. 2° For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, 
behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. 
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because 
he cursed the LORD’s anointed? 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that 
ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for 
do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt 
not die. And the king sware unto him. 

24q And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, 
nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came 
again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king 
said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? 26 And he answered, My lord, 0 
king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, 
and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the 
king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of 
my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among 
them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?## 
29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba 
divide 

the land. 3° And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the 
king is come again in peace unto his own house. 

31q And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to 
conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had 
provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he wasa very great man. 33 And the king 
said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai 
said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?8$ 351 
am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what 
T eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore 
then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way 
over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy 
servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my 
father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and 
do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, 
and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, 
that will I do for thee.*** 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, 
the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. 

40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah 
conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.ttt 

41q And, behold, allthe men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren 
the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men 
with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is 
near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? 
or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have 
ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that 
our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were 
fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.*## 


20 


1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a 
Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in 





tt 19:18 what...; Heb. the good in his eyes + 19:28 dead... Heb. men ofdeath 88 19:34 How... Heb. How many days are the 


AK 
years of my life 19:38 require: Heb. choose tit 19:40 Chimham: Heb. Chimhan Ht 19:43 despise...: Heb. set us at 
light 


2 Samuel 20:2 265 2 Samuel 21:2 


the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, 
and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to 
Jerusalem. 

3 q And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, 
whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. 


So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.*t+ 
4q Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou 


here present.§ 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time 


which he had appointed him.** 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us 
more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him 
fenced cities, and escape us.tt 7 And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and 
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son 
of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s 
garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his 
loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, 
my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. !° But Amasa took no 
heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his 
bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued 

after Sheba the son of Bichri.+* 11 And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth 
Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the 
highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway 
into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 
13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba 
the son of Bichri. 

14q And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: 
and they were gathered together, and went also after him. !5 And they came and besieged him in Abel 
of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people 
that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.88*** 

16q Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, 
that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thouJoab? And 
he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I 
do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask 
counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.ttt 191 am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in 
Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance 
of the LORD? 2° And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or 
destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath 
lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. 
And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.+## 22 Then the 
woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, 
and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. 
And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.S8§ 

23 ¢ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites 
and over the Pelethites: 24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was 
recorder: 25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jairite 


was a chief ruler about David.t 
21 
1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the 


LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.” 
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children 
of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and 





44 20:3 ward: Heb. an house of ward t 20:3 shut...: Heb. bound # 20:3 living...: Heb. in widowhood of life S 20:4 Assemble: 
Heb. Call a 20:5 Assemble: Heb. Call tt 20:6 escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes + 20:10 struck...: Heb. doubled 
nothis stroke 88 20:15 inthe trench: or, against the outmost wall es 20:15 battered: Heb. marred to throw down Tit 20:18 
They were...: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end #44 20:21 by name: 
Heb. by his name S88 20:22 retired: Heb. were scattered f 20:24 recorder: or, remembrancer i 20:26 a chief...: or, a prince 


* 
21:1 enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc 


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Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 3 Wherefore David said unto 
the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless 
the inheritance of the LORD? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of 
Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, 
that will I do for you.t 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised 
against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,* Let seven men 
of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the 
LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.S 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son 
of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and 
Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she 
bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she 
brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:**tT 9 And he delivered them into the hands 
of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, 
and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. 

10q And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the 
beginning of harvest until water dropped 

upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the 
beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine 
of Saul, had done. 

12 q And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of 
Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged 
them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul 
and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. !4 And the 
bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre 
of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated 
for the land. 

15d Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants 
with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 1¢ And Ishbi-benob, which was 
of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, 
he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.t#8§ 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, 
saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.”** 18 And 
it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the 
Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. tt### 19 And there was again a battle in Gob 
with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath 
the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.S8§ 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, 
where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four 
and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.” 2! And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the 


son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.t# 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell 
by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 


ZZ 
1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him 


out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 

2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him 
will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; 
thou savest me from violence. 41 will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved 
from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me 


afraid;*t 6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;* 7In my distress 
I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did 





t 21:4 We will...: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc # 21:5 
devised...: or, cut us off § 21:6 whom...: or, chosen of the LORD o 21:8 Michal: or, Michal’s sister tt 21:8 brought...: Heb. 
bear to Adriel + 21:16 the giant: or, Rapha §§ 21:16 spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head ar 21:17 light: Heb. candle, or, 
lamp Tit 21:18 the giant: or, Rapha Ht 21:18 Saph: or, Sippai §8§ ai119 Jaare-oregim: or, Jair ‘3 21:20 the giant: or, 
Rapha t 21:21 defied: or, reproached # 21:21 Shimea: also called, Shammah . 22:5 waves: or, pangs t 22:5 ungodly...: 


Heb, Belial t 22:6 sorrows: or, cords 


2 Samuel 22:8 267 2 Samuel 23:4 


enter into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, 
because he was wroth. ? There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: 
coals were kindled by it.8 19 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his 
feet. 1! And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. !2 And he 
made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies."* 13 Through the 
brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most 
High uttered his voice. 5 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. 
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking 
of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me 
out of many waters;tt 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for 
they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my 
stay. 20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 The 
LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he 
recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my 
God. #3 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 241 
was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.** 25 Therefore the LORD hath 
recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.8§ 26 with 
the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. *" 
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring 
them down. 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.ttt 30 For by 
thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.+## 31 As for God, his way is 
perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.8$§ 32 For who is 
God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh 
my way perfect.” 34He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.t 35 He 
teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.* 36Thou hast also given me 
the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.8 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps 


under me; so that my feet did not slip.** 381 have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and 
turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that 
they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 4° For thou hast girded me with strength to 
battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.tt 41 Thou hast also given me the 
necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to 
save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of 
the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast 
delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people 
which I knew not shall serve me. * Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, 
they shall be obedient unto me.*#88 4 strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their 
close places. 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my 
salvation. 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,**” 49 And that 
bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up 
against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 5° Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O 
LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. 5! He is the tower of salvation for his 
king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. 


1Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on 
high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the LORD 
spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, 


He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.” 4 And he shall be as the light of the 





RK 
§ 22:9 out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc 22:12 dark...: Heb. binding of waters tt 22:17 many: or, great + 22:24 before: 
ys S y: OF, & 
KKK 
Heb. to 88 22:25 in...: Heb. before his eyes 22:27 shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle ttt 22:29 lamp: or, candle 
* 
+44 22:30 run: or, broken §S§ 22:31 tried: or, refined 22:33 maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth t 22:34 maketh: Heb. 
KK 
equalleth + 22:35 to war: Heb. for the war § 22:36 made...: Heb. multiplied me 22:37 feet: Heb. ankles tt 22:40 
subdued: Heb. caused to bow +H 22:45 Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger S§ 99:45 submit... or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. 


BRK * 
lie 22:48 avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for 23:3 He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc 


2 Samuel 23:5 268 2 Samuel 24:3 


morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the 
earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me 
an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, 
although he make it not to grow. 

6 q But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with 
hands: 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they 


shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.t 

8 q These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, 
chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, 
whom he slew at one time.*8** 9 and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the 
three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to 
battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: !°He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was 
weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the 
people returned after him only to spoil. 1! And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. 
And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: 


and the people fled from the Philistines.tt 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, 
and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. 13 And three of the thirty chief went 
down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines 
pitched in the valley of Rephaim.*# 14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines 
was then in Beth-lehem. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of 
the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the 
Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought 
it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. 17 And he said, 
Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of 
their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 18 And Abishai, 
the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three 
hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.8§ 19 Was he not most honourable of three? 
therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 2° And Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of 
Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: ttt 21 and he slew 
an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him witha 
staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.*## 22 These 
things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was more 


honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.$§8* 
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 25 Shammah 
the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the 
Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 29 Heleb 
the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,t 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the 
Barhumite, 32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 3? Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam 
the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the 
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 3°Igal the son of Nathan of 
Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son 
of Zeruiah, 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. 


24 
1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to 
say, Go, number Israel and Judah. ? For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with 
him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, 
that I may know the number of the people.” 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add 
unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may 





t 23:7 fenced: Heb. filled t 23:8 The Tachmonite...: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three § 23:8 whom he...: 
Heb. slain ms 23:8 Ich 11:11 he lift...: from whom he...: Heb. slain aT 23:11 into...: or, for foraging +4 23:13 three...: or, the 
three captains over the thirty 88 23:18 and slew them: Heb. slain hi 23:20 who...: Heb. great of acts ttt 23:20 lionlike...: 
Heb. lion of God +t 23:21 a goodly...: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature §8§ 23:23 


* * 
more...: or, honourable among the thirty 23:23 guard: or, council: Heb. at his command t 23:30 brooks: or, valleys 24:2 
Go: or, Compass 


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see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed 
against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from 
the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 

5 q And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the 
midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:t 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim- 


hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,* 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and 
to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to 
Beer-sheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine 
months and twenty days. ° And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and 
there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah 
were five hundred thousand men. 

10q And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the 
LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity 
of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 1! For when David was up in the morning, the word of the 
LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, !2 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, 
I offer thee three things; choose 

thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto 
him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before 
thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, 
and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 1 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great 
strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the 
hand of man.§ 

15q So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and 
there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. !6 And when the angel 
stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to 
the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was 


by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.”” 17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the 
angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, 
what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house. 

18 q And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the 
threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.tt 19 and David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the 
LORD commanded. 2° And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: 
and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah 
said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of 
thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah 
said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be 
oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All 
these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD 
thy God accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: 
neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So 
David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an 
altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for 
the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. 





RK 
t 24:5 river: or, valley t 24:6 land of Tahtim-hodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited S 24:14 are great: or, are many 24:16 
Araunah: also called, Ornan tt 24:18 Araunah: Heb. Araniah 


1 Kings 1:1 270 1 Kings 1:30 


The First Book of the Kings 
Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings 


1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no 
heat.” 2Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: 
and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the 
king may get heat.tt§ 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found 
Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the 
king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 

5 q Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him 
chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.** 6 And his father had not displeased him 
at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare 
him after Absalom.tt 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: 
and they following Adonijah helped him.*#S§ 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not 
with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by 


En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants: ** 
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 
11 q Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard 
that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore 
come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy 
son Solomon. !3Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, 
swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit 
upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, 
Lalso will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.ttt 
15q And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag 
the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. 
And the king said, What wouldest thou?##* 17 and she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the 
LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou 
knowest it not: 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the 
sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath 
he not called. 2° And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell 
them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 2! Otherwise it shall come to pass, when 
my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. S88 
22 q And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told 
the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed 
himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou 
said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he is gone down this day, 
and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and 
the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, 
God save king Adonijah.* 26But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and 
thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 
28 q Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, 
and stood before the king.t 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed 
my soul out of all distress, 3° Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly 
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I 





* 1:1 stricken...: Heb. entered into days t 1:2 Let there...: Heb. Let them seek t 1:2 a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin S$ 12 
cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him - 1:5 be king: Heb. reign tt 1:6 at any...: Heb. from his days + 1:7 he...: Heb. 
his words were with 88 1:7 following...: Heb. helped after Adonijah gus 1:9 En-rogel: or, the well Rogel Tit 1:14 confirm: 
Heb. fill up +t 1:16 What...: Heb. What to thee? §8§ 1:21 offenders: Heb. sinners . 1:25 God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah 
live 1:28 into...: Heb. before the king 


1 Kings 1:31 271 1 Kings 2:9 


certainly do this day. 3! Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the 
king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 

32 q And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants 
of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:* 
34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with 
the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come 
and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over 
Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD 
God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with 
Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, 
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went 
down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok 
the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; 
and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 4° And all the people came up after him, and the people 
piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.$ 

41 q And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. 
And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in 
an uproar? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and 
Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. #3 And Jonathan 
answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. “4 And the king 
hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule: 45 And 
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from 
thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. #6 And also Solomon 
sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 4” And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king 
David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than 
thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the 
LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And 
all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 

50q And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of 
the altar. 5! And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath 
caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not 
slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall 
not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 5° So king 
Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king 
Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. 


1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 21 go 
the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the 
LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, 
and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou 


doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:” 4That the LORD may continue his word which he 
spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with 
all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.t 
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two 
captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he 
slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his 
loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.* © Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his 
hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, 
and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom 
thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which 
cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me 
at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.8 9 Now 





* 
# 1:33 mine...: Heb. which belongeth to me § 1:40 pipes: or, flutes 2:3 prosper: or, do wisel t 2:4 fail...: Heb. be cut off 
S' pip prosp ly 
from thee from the throne # 2:5 shed: Heb. put § 2:8 grievous: Heb. strong 


1 Kings 2:10 272 1 Kings 2:41 


therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto 
him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. !°So David slept with his fathers, and 
was buried in the city of David. 1! And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven 
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 

12q Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 

13 q And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, 
Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto 
thee. And she said, Say on. !5 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel 
set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my 
brother’s: for it was his from the LORD. 16 And now | ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she 


said unto him, Say on.” 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say 
thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak 
for thee unto the king. 

19 q Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king 
rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be 
set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. 2° Then she said, I desire one small petition 
of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say 
thee nay. 2! And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And 
king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for 
Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar 
the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do 
so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, 
as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who 
hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon 
sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. 

26q And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou 
art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the 
Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was 
afflicted.tt 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil 
the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 

28 q Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after 
Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is 
by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 3° And Benaiah 
came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, 
Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus 
he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; 
that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of 
my father. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more 
righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to 
wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host 
of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed 
for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be 
peace for ever from the LORD. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew 
him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 

35 q And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest 
did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 

36 q And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, 
and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 3” For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, 
and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood 
shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king 
hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at 
the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of 
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 4° And Shimei arose, and saddled 
his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants 
from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come 





ok 
2:16 deny...: Heb. turn not away my face tt 2:26 worthy...: Heb. a man of death 


1 Kings 2:42 273 1 Kings 3:28 


again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by 
the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest 
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard 
is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have 
charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine 
heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness 
upon thine own head; 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established 
before the LORD for ever. 46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and 
fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. 


3 

1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought 
her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the 
LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because 
there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, 
walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And 
the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings 
did Solomon offer upon that altar. 

5 q In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give 
thee. © And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according 
as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and 
thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is 
this day.” 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: 
and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy 
people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 
9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between 
good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?t 10 And the speech pleased 

the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 1! And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this 
thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the 
life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;*$ 12 Behold, I have 
done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there 
was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 3 And have also given 
thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among 


the kings like unto thee all thy days.”* 1 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my 
commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; 
and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 

16 q Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And 
the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child 
with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman 
was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in 
the house. 19 And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 2° And she arose at 
midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and 
laid her dead child in my bosom. 2! And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it 
was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 
22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; 
but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, 
The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son 
is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword 
before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to 
the other. 2 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned 
upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other 
said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.tt 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the 
living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment 





* 
3:6 mercy: or, bounty i 3:9 understanding: Heb. hearing + 3:11 long life: Heb. many days § 3:11 discern: Heb. hear 
ok 
3:13 shall...: or, hath not been tt 3:26 yearned: Heb. were hot 


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which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, 
to do judgment.+# 


1$o0 king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the 
son of Zadok the priest,” 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of 
Ahilud, the recorder.t¥ 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar 
were the priests: 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan 
was principal officer, and the king’s friend: 6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the 
son of Abda was over the tribute.§ 

7q And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his 
household: each man his month in a year made provision. ® And these are their names: The son of 
Hur, in mount Ephraim:** 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and 
Elon-beth-hanan:tt 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of 
Hepher:*# 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon 
to wife:8§ 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which 
is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond 
Jokneam: 1° The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, 
which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great 
cities with walls and brasen bars:""* 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:tTT 15 Ahimaaz was in 
Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in 
Asher and in Aloth: !”7Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and 
of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. 

20 q Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, 
and making merry. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the 
Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of 
his life. 

22q And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures 
of meal,*##888 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside 
harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. 24For he had dominion over all the region on this 
side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace 
on all sides round about him. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under 


his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.” 

26q And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 
27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, 
every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries 


brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.t 

29q And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, 
even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 3° And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the 
children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan 
the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations 
round about. 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And 
he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the 
wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And there came of all 
people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 


1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed 


him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.” 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, 
saying, 3Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD 





as 3:28 in him: Heb. in the midst of him ci 4:2 priest: or, chief officer t 4:3 scribes: or, secretaries t 4:3. recorder: or, 
remembrancer § 4:6 tribute: or, levy os 4:8 The son...: or, Ben-hur tt 4:9 The son...: or, Ben-dekar + 4:10 The son...: 
or, Ben-hesed §§ 4:11 The son...: or, Ben-abinadab a 4:13 The son...: or, Ben-geber ttt 4:14 Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim 
+44 4:22 provision: Heb. bread §8§ 4:22 measures: Heb. cors " 4:25 safely: Heb. confidently $ 4:28 dromedaries: or, 


* 
mules, or, swift beasts 5:1 Hiram: also called, Huram 


1 Kings 5:4 275 1 Kings 6:13 


his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of 
his feet. 4But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary 
nor evil occurrent. > And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as 
the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he 
shall build an house unto my name. 6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out 
of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants 
according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill 
to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.+ 

7q And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, 
Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. § And 
Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will 
do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.S 9 My servants shall bring 
them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou 
shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou 
shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.”* 

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave 
Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: 
thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.'t 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised 
him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 

13q And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.** 14 And 
he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two 
months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. 5 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand 
that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; !¢ Beside the chief of Solomon’s 
officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people 
that wrought in the work. !” And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, 
and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders 


did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.8§ 


1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come 
out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the 
second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.” 2 And the house which king Solomon 
built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, 
and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits 
was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof 
before the house. 4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.t 

5 q And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house 
round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:#8** © The 
nethermost chamber 

was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: 
for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be 
fastened in the walls of the house.tt 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made 
ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron 
heard in the house, while it was in building. §The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of 
the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into 
the third.## 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of 
cedar.8$ 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the 
house with timber of cedar. 

11 q And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in 
building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments 
to walk in them; then will 1 perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13 And 1 





t 5:5 purpose: Heb. say # 5:6 appoint: Heb. say § 5:8 considered: Heb. heard mt 5:9 appoint: Heb. send tt 5:11 
measures: Heb. cors + 5:13 levy: Heb. tribute of men 8§ 5:18 stonesquarers: or, Giblites - 6:1 began...: Heb. built t 6:4 
of...: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed t 6:5 against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall § 6:5 
built chambers: Heb. built floors | 6:5 made chambers: Heb. made ribs tt 6:6 narrowed...: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements 


+ 6:8 side: Heb. shoulder §§ 6:9 with...: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar 


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will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the 
house, and finished it. 

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the 
walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house 
with planks of fir."** 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the 
walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy 
place. }” And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the house 
within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.ttt### 19 and 
the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 2° And 
the oracle in the fare part was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits 
in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.888 
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold 
before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 2 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he 
had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 

23 q And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.” 24 And five 
cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost 
part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was 
ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub was 
ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 2” And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and 
they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and 
the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst 
of the house.t 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 2° And he carved all the walls of the house 
round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.* 
30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 

31 q And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a 
fifth part of the wall.8 32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of 
cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the 
cherubims, and upon the palm trees.”*tT 33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive 
tree, a fourth part of the wall.#* 34 and the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door 
were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubims and 
palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 

36q And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: 38 And in 
the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all 


the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.8§ 


1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 

2q He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and 
the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, 
with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on 
forty five pillars, fifteen ina row.” 4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in 
three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light 
in three ranks,* 

6q And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty 
cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.§ 

7q Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it 
was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.** 


8q And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. 
Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. 





ARR 
6:15 both...: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc Tit 6:18 knops: or, gourds Ht 6:18 open: Heb. openings 


of 888 6:20 pure: Heb. shut up s 6:23 olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil t 6:27 they...: or, the cherubims stretched forth their 
wings t 6:29 open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers 8 6331 a fifth..: or, fivesquare si 6:32 two...: or, leaves of the doors 
tt 6:32 open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers + 6:33 a fourth...: or, foursquare S§ 6.38 throughout...: or, with all the parts 
thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof % 7:3 beams: Heb. ribs t 7:4 light was...: Heb. sight against sight + 7:5 doors...: 


or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect 8 7:6 before them: or, according to them 7:7 from...: Heb. from floor to floor 


1 Kings 7:9 277 1 Kings 7:41 


9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within 
and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 
10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight 
cubits. 1 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the 
great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the 
inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. 


13q And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.tt 14 He was a widow’s son of the tribe 
of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and 
understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all 
his work,## 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits 
did compass either of them about.§§ 16 and he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops 
of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was 
five cubits: 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon 
the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the 
pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, 
with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top 
of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. 2° And the chapiters upon the two pillars had 
pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were 
two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of 
the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left 
pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.” ttt 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was 
the work of the pillars finished. 

23 q And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and 
his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.¥## 24 And under the 
brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: 
the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward 
the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking 
toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. ?° And it 
was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of 
lilies: it contained two thousand baths. 

27 q And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the 
breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they 
had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were between the 
ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the 
lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 3° And every base had four brasen wheels, 
and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters 
molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: 
but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the 
mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. 32 And under the borders were 
four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a 
cubit and half a cubit.888 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their 
axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four 
undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. 35 And in 
the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges 
thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 3¢For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the 
borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, 
and additions round about.” 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, 
one measure, and one size. 

38 q Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four 
cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the 
house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward 


over against the south.t 
40 q And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all 


the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:* 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls 





tt 7:13 Hiram: also called, Huram + 7:14 a widow’s...: Heb. the son of a widow woman §§ 7:15 cast: Heb. fashioned 


RK 
7:21 Jachin: that is, He shall establish ttt 7:21 Boaz: that is, In it is strength +44 7:23 from...: Heb. from his brim to his 


* 
brim S88 7.32 joined...: Heb. in the base 7:36 proportion: Heb. nakedness t 7:39 side: Heb. shoulder t 7:40 And 
Hiram: Heb. And Hirom 


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of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls 
of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 44 And four hundred pomegranates for the two 
networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters 
that were upon the pillars;§ 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 44 And one sea, and twelve 
oxen under the sea; 4° And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram 


made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.** 46In the plain of Jordan did the 
king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.'t 47 And Solomon left all the vessels 


unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.+#8$§ 

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, 
and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the 
right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 
50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and 
the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the 


house, to wit, of the temple.*** 51So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of 
the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, 


and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.tTT 


1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers 
of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the 
covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.” 2 And all the men of Israel assembled 
themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And 
all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, 
and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those 
did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that 
were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing 

sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. © And the priests brought in the 
ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, 
even under the wings of the cherubims. ’ For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place 
of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they drew out the 
staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not 


seen without: and there they are unto this day.t* 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of 
stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, 
when they came out of the land of Egypt.8 1° And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of 
the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, ! So that the priests could not stand to 
minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. 

12q Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 131 have surely 
built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. '4 And the king turned his 
face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 15 And 
he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath 
with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 1 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, 
I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I 
chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house 
for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in 
thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. 19 Nevertheless 
thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the 
house unto my name. 2° And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in 
the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an 
house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 2! And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is 
the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of 
Egypt. 

22 q And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of 
Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God 





S 7.42 upon...: Heb. upon the face of the pillars = 7:45 bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured tt 7:46 in...: Heb. in the thickness 
of the ground +4 7:47 because...: Heb. for the exceeding multitude 8§ 7:47 found: Heb. searched ve 7:50 censers: Heb. 
ash pans ttt 7:51 things...: Heb. holy things of David * 8:1 chief: Heb. princes t 8:8 ends: Heb. heads + 8:8 holy...: or, 
ark § 8:9 when the: or, where the 


1 Kings 8:24 279 1 Kings 8:48 


like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants 
that walk before thee with all their heart: 24Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou 
promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 
25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, 
saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children 
take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.”*tt 26 and now, 0 God 
of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain 
thee; how much less this house that I have builded? 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy 
servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy 
servant prayeth before thee to day: 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, 
even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto 
the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.*# 30 And hearken thou to the supplication 
of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in 
heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.8§ 

31 q If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, 
and the oath come before thine altar in this house:*** 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge 
thy servants, condemning 

the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to 
his righteousness. 

33 q When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against 
thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee 
in this house:ttt 34Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them 
again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. 

35 q When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray 
toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 36 Then 
hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them 
the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy 
people for an inheritance. 

37 q If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be 
caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever 
sickness there be;### 38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people 
Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward 
this house: 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man 
according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all 
the children of men;) 4° That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou 
gavest unto our fathers. 4! Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh 
out of a far country for thy name’s sake; 4? (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong 
hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; “3 Hear thou in 
heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people 
of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that 
this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.88§ 

44q If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall 
pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built 
for thy name:* 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 
cause.t 46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, 
and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, 
far or near; 47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, 
and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, 
We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;* 48 And so return unto 
thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away 





* 8:25 fail...: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight tt 8:25 so that: Heb. only if a 8:29 toward this place: or, in this 
place 88 8.30 toward this place: or, in this place nat 8:31 and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him Tit 8:33 in: 
or, toward +t 8:37 cities: or, jurisdiction §8§ 8:43 this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house si 8:44 toward the city: 
Heb. the way of the city t 8:45 cause: or, right t 8:47 bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart 


1 Kings 8:49 280 1 Kings 9:9 


captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which 
thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 49 Then hear thou their prayer and 
their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,8 5° And forgive thy people 
that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, 
and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on 
them: 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from 
the midst of the furnace of iron: 5? That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, 
and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 
53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou 
spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. 

54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication 
unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands 
spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, 
saying, 5° Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he 
promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of 
Moses his servant.** 57The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave 
us, nor forsake us: 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep 
his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 5° And let 
these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our 
God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all 
times, as the matter shall require:tt 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, 
and that there is none else. ®! Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his 
statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 

62q And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. ®3 And Solomon offered 
a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an 
hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated 

the house of the LORD. The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before 
the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the 
peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt 
offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. © And at that time Solomon held a 
feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of 
Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. ° On the eighth day 
he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart 
for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.*+ 


9 

1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the 
king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, That the LORD appeared 

to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. ? Andthe LORD said unto him, 
I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this 
house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be 
there perpetually. 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, 
and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and 
my judgments: 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to 
David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. © But if ye shall at 
all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes 
which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: 7 Then will I cut off Israel 
out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I 
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: 8 And at this house, 
which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why 
hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they 
forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken 
hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought 
upon them all this evil. 





§ 8:49 cause: or, right a 8:56 failed: Heb. fallen tt 8:59 at all...: Heb. the thing of a day in his day + 8:66 blessed: or, 
thanked 


1 Kings 9:10 281 1 Kings 10:13 


10 q And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the 
house of the LORD, and the king’s house, ! (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with 
cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram 
twenty cities in the land of Galilee. !2 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon 


had given him; and they pleased him not.” 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given 


me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.t 14 And Hiram sent to the king 
sixscore talents of gold. 

15q And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, 
and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For 
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites 
that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife. 17 And Solomon built 
Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, !8 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 19 And all 
the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that 
which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.* 
20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were 
not of the children of Israel, 2! Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children 
of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice 
unto this day. 2? But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of 
war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 
23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare 
rule over the people that wrought in the work. 

24q But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built 
for her: then did he build Millo. 

25 q And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar 
which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he 
finished the house.S 

26 q And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the 


Red sea, in the land of Edom.** 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge 
of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four 
hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. 


1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, 
she came to prove him with hard questions. ? And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with 
camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, 
she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3? And Solomon told her all her questions: there 
was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.” 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen 
all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of 
his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent 
by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.t¥ 6 And she said to 
the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.$** 7Howbeit 
I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told 
me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.tt 8 Happy are thy men, happy are 
these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. ° Blessed be the 
LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved 
Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 1° And she gave the king an 
hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no 
more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 1! And the 
navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, 
and precious stones.** 12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and 
for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were 
seen unto this day.8§ 13 and king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever 





* 

9:12 pleased...: Heb. were not right in his eyes t 9:13 Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty # 9:19 that which...: Heb. the desire 
aK * 

of Solomon which he desired 8 9:25 upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc 9:26 shore: Heb. lip 10:3 questions: Heb. 
a 

words t 10:5 attendance: Heb. standing + 10:5 cupbearers: or, butlers § 10:6 report: Heb. word 10:6 acts: or, sayings 


tt 10:7 thy...: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to HE 10:11 almug...: also called, algum trees 88 jo12 pillars: or, 
rails: Heb. a prop 


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she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own 


country, she and her servants.*** 

14 q Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six 
talents of gold, 15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, 
and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.t Tt 

16 q And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went 
to one target. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one 
shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 

18q Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 19 The throne 
had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the 
place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.*##88§ 20 And twelve lions stood there on the 
one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.” 

21q And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest 
of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.t 
22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy 
of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23 So king Solomon exceeded 
all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 

24q And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.8 25 And 
they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, 
and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 

26 q And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four 
hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and 
with the king at Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made 
he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.** 

28 q And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received 
the linen yarn at a price.tt 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of 
silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings 
of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.** 


11 

1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of 
the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;* 2 Of the nations concerning which the 
LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: 
for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he 
had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his 
heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other 
gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For 
Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the 
Ammonites. ¢ And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as 
did David his father.* 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, 
in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And 
likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 

9q And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of 
Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, !° And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he 
should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 1! Wherefore the 
LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and 
my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it 
to thy servant.$ 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will 
rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one 
tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen. 





EK 
10:13 of his...: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon Tit 10:15 governors: or, captains Ht 10:19 behind: Heb. 


* 
on the hinder part thereof §8§ 10:19 stays: Heb. hands 10:20 the like: Heb. so t 10:21 none...: or, there was no silver in 
aK 
them + 10:22 ivory: or, elephants’ teeth § 10:24 sought to: Heb. sought the face of 10:27 made: Heb. gave tt 10:28 
* 
And Solomon...: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s + 10:29 by their...: Heb. by their hand 11:1 


together...: or, beside t 11:5 Milcom: also called, Molech # 11:6 went...: Heb, fulfilled not after § 11:11 is done...: Heb. is 
with thee 


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14q And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s 
seed in Edom. !5 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone 
up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; 16 (For six months did Joab remain there 
with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 1” That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites 
of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 18 And they arose out 
of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, 
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 
19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his 
own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 2° And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, 
whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the 
sons of Pharaoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab 
the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own 
country.** 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou 
seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.tt 

23 q And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord 
Hadadezer king of Zobah: 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when 
David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and 
he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 

26 q And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s 
name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the 
cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the 
city of David his father.*# 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing 

the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of 
Joseph.88*** 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet 
Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two 
were alone in the field: 3° And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve 
pieces: 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, 
Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 32 (But he 
shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen 
out of all the tribes of Israel:) 33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth 
the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of 
Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes 
and my judgments, as did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his 
hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, 
because he kept my commandments and my statutes: 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s 
hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David 
my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my 
name there.ttt 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, 
and shalt be king over Israel. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and 
wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as 
David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will 
give Israel unto thee. 39 And 1 will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 4° Solomon sought 
therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and 
was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 

41 q And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written 
in the book of the acts of Solomon?### 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all 
Israel was forty years.88§ 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his 


father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.” 
12 


1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And 
it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled 





sk 
11:21 Let...: Heb. Send me away tt 11:22 Nothing: Heb. Not +t 11:27 repaired: Heb. closed 8§ 11:28 was industrious: 
RK 
Heb, did work 11:28 charge: Heb. burden ttt 11:36 light: Heb. lamp, or, candle $44 11:41 acts: or, words, or, things 
* 
S88 11:42 time: Heb. days 11:43 Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam 


1 Kings 12:3 284 1 Kings 12:33 


from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. 
And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father 
made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy 
yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for 
three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 

6q And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he 
yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, 
If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak 
good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old 
men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, 
and which stood before him: 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this 
people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 1° And 
the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this 
people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto 
us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 1! And now 
whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised 
you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 

12. q So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, 
saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook 
the old men’s counsel that they gave him;* 4 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, 
saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with 
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened 

not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the 
LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

16 q So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, 
saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O 
Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 17 But as for the children 
of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent 
Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king 
Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel rebelled against 
the house of David unto this day.* 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come 
again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there 
was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 

21q And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe 
of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against 
the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 2? But the word of 
God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of 
Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24Thus 
saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every 
man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and 
returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 

25d Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, 
and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of 
David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart 
of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, 
and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of 
gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, 0 Israel, which 
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. 
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he 
made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons 
of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like 
unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the 
calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.$** 
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 





* 
12:13 roughly: Heb. hardly t 12:18 made...: Heb. strengthened himself + 12:19 rebelled: or, fell away § 12:32 offered...: 


2K 
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even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of 
Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. tt## 


1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and 


Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.” 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, 
and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah 
by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and 
men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which 
the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured 
out. 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried 
against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his 
hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. >The altar 
also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had 
given by the word of the LORD. © And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now 
the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man 
of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.t 
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee 
a reward. § And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in 
with thee, neither will] eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9 For so was it charged me by the word 
of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. 
10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 

11 q Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that 
the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they 
told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen 
what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 3 And he said unto his sons, Saddle 

me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, 
and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from 
Judah? And he said, Iam. 4 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, 
I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in 
this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water 
there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.* 18 He said unto him, I ama prophet also as 
thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into 
thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, 
and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 

20 q And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet 
that brought him back: 2! And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus 
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the 
commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 2? But camest back, and hast eaten bread 
and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lorp did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; 
thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 

23 q And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him 
the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him 
by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also 
stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion 
standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And 
when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who 
was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, 
which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.§ 
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28 And he went and found 
his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the 
carcase, nor torn the ass."* 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon 
the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 3° And 
he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it 
came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury 





* 
tt 12:33 offered...: or, went up to the altar, etc +t 12:33 and burnt...: Heb. to burn incense 13:1 burn: or, offer t 13:6 


eK 
the LORD, and: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc # 13:17 it...: Heb. a word was § 13:26 torn: Heb. broken 13:28 torn: Heb. 
broken 


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me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 32 For the saying 
which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the 
high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 

33 q After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the 
people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the 
priests of the high places. t## »4 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it 
off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 


1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, 
and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, 
there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. 3 And take with thee 
ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of 
the child.*t# 4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of 
Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.8 

5q And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for 
her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that 
she shall feign herself to be another woman. © And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, 
as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to 


be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.** 

7Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the 
people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of 
David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, 
and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; 9 But hast done 
evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, 
to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: !° Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon 
the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that 
is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh 
away dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that 
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, get 
thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall 
mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is 
found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. '4 Moreover the LORD 
shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even 
now. }5For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out 
of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they 
have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins 
of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 

17q And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the 
threshold of the door, the child died; !8 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according 
to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. 19 And the 
rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 2° And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty 
years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.tt 

21q And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did 
choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an 
Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with 
their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them 
high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.** 24 And there 
were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which 
the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 

25 q And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up 
against Jerusalem: 2° And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of 





* 

tt 13:33 made...: Heb. returned and made +f 13:33 consecrated...: Heb. filled his hand 14:3 with...: Heb. in thine hand 
eK 

t 14:3 cracknels: or, cakes $ 14:3 cruse: or, bottle § 14:4 were...: Heb. stood for his hoariness 14:6 heavy: Heb. hard 


tt 14:20 slept: Heb. lay down + 14:23 images: or, standing images, or, statues 


1 Kings 14:27 287 1 Kings 15:27 


the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had 
made. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands 
of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.8§ 28 And it was so, when the king 
went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard 
chamber. 

29 ¢ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 3° And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 
31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his 


mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. 


15 


1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three 


years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.*t 
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not 
perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the 
LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:* 
5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing 
that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. © And there 
was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, 
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there 
was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in 
the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 

9q And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 1° And forty and 
one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.8 
1 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took 
away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 3 And also 
Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; 


and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.** 14But the high places were not removed: 
nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought in the things which 
his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, 
silver, and gold, and vessels. tt 

16 q And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And Baasha king of 
Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa 
king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house 
of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: 
and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt 
at Damascus, saying, !9 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: 
behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha 
king of Israel, that he may depart from me.*# 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the 
captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth- 
maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard 
thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation 
throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber 
thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.8§ 
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are 
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his 
old age he was diseased in his feet. 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers 
in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.*** 

25 q And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, 
and reigned over Israel two years.ttt 26 and he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the 
way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 

27q And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired 





8§ 14:27 guard: Heb. runners oe 14:31 Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia st 15:2 Maachah...: also called, Michaiah the 

daughter of Uriel t 15:2 Abishalom: also called, Absalom t 15:4 lamp: or, candle § 15:10 mother’s: that is, grandmother's 

15:13 destroyed: Heb. cut off tt 15:15 things: Heb. holy +t 15:19 depart: Heb. go up 8§ 15:22 exempted: Heb. free 
: 15:24 Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat ttt 15:25 began...: Heb. reigned 


1 Kings 15:28 288 1 Kings 16:24 


against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and 
all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and 
reigned in his stead. 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; 
he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of 
the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 3° Because of the sins of Jeroboam which 
he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of 
Israel to anger. 

31 q Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 34 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their 
days. 33In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in 
Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of 
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 


1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 Forasmuch 
as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in 
the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 
3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy 
house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs 
eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. > Now the rest of the acts of 
Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings 
of Israel? © So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his 
stead. 7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against 
Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking 
him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed 
him. 

8 q In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over 
Israel in Tirzah, two years. 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, 


as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.” 1° And 
Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and 
reigned in his stead. 

11 q And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all 
the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his 
friends.t 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which 
he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,* 13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, 
by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to 
anger with their vanities. 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 

15q In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And 
the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 1° And the people 
that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel 
made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 1” And Omri went up from 
Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw 
that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house 
over him with fire, and died, 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in 
walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 2° Now the rest of 
the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles 
of the kings of Israel? 

21q Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son 
of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. 2? But the people that followed Omri prevailed 
against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 

23 q In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six 
years reigned he in Tirzah. 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and 
built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of 
the hill, Samaria.§ 





* 
16:9 steward...: Heb. which was over t 16:11 neither...: or, both his kinsmen and his friends # 16:12 by: Heb. by the hand of 
§ 16:24 Samaria: Heb. Shomeron 


1 Kings 16:25 289 1 Kings 17:23 


25 q But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 
26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel 
to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 2” Now the rest of the acts of 
Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles 
of the kings of Israel? 28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son 
reigned in his stead. 

29q And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over 
Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 3° And Ahab the 
son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 3! And it came to pass, 
as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to 
wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped 
him.** 32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 And 
Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings 
of Israel that were before him. 

34 q In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his 
firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, 
which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. 


17 
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of 
Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my 


word.” 2And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, 
and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of 
the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto 
the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. © And the 
ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank 
of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no 
rain in the land.t 

8q And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, ? Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth 
to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.* 1° So he 
arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was 
there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, 
that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, 
a morsel of bread in thine hand. !2 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but 
an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that 
I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. '3 And Elijah said unto her, 
Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and 
after make for thee and for thy son. 1 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall 
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.S 
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many 
days.** 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of 
the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.tt 

17q And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, 
fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, 
What have! to do with thee, 0 thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sinto remembrance, 
and to slay my son? 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and 
carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 2° And he cried unto the 
LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, 
by slaying her son? 2 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, 
and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again,+#88 22 And the LORD 
heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 73 And Elijah 
took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his 
mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 





ok * 
16:31 as if...: Heb. was it a light thing, etc 17:1 Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias t 17:7 after...: Heb. at the end of days 
a 
t 17:9 Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta S 17:14 sendeth: Heb. giveth 17:15 many...: or, a full year tt 17:16 by: Heb. by the hand 
of +4 17:21 stretched: Heb. measured §§ 17:21 into...: Heb. into his inward parts 


1 Kings 17:24 290 1 Kings 18:31 


24q And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word 
of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. 


1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, 
saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. ? And Elijah went to shew 
himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the 
governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:*t 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off 
the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and 
fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains 
of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that 
we lose not all the beasts.§ © So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went 
one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 

7q And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, 
and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is 
here. 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, 
to slay me? 1° As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not 
sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that 
they found thee not. 1! And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12 And it shall come 
to pass, as soon as 1am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; 
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear 
the LORD from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the 
LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread 
and water? 14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 15 And 
Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. 
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 

17q And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth 
Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have 
forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 19 Now therefore send, and 
gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the 
prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. 29So Ahab sent unto all the children 
of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 

21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? ifthe LORD 
be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.” 22Then 
said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four 
hundred and fifty men. 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock 
for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other 
bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 74 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will 
call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people 
answered and said, It is well spoken.tt 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one 
bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no 
fire under. 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the 
name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any 
that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.#88*** 27 And it came to pass at noon, 
that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or 
he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. tT T###888 28 and they cried aloud, 
and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.” 
29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the 
evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.t¥ 30 and Elijah 


said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the i came near unto him. And he repaired 
the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 3! And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number 





e 18:3 Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu t 18:3 the governor...: Heb. over his house t 18:4 Jezebel: Heb. Izebel S 18:5 that...: Heb. 
that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts ie 18:21 opinions: or, thoughts tt 18:24 It is...: Heb. The word is good +4 18:26 
hear: or, answer §§ 18:26 answered: or, heard bb 18:26 leaped...: or, leaped up and down at the altar ttt 18:27 aloud: 
Heb. with a great voice +H 18:27 he is talking: or, he meditateth §8§ 18:27 is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit = 18:28 the 
blood...: Heb. poured out blood upon them t 18:29 offering: Heb. ascending # 18:29 that regarded: Heb. attention 


1 Kings 18:32 291 1 Kings 19:16 


of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy 
name: 3? And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about 
the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut 
the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on 
the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. *4 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second 
time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about 
the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.S 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of 
the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and 
of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have 
done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou 
art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, 
and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water 
that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The 
LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. 4° And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; 
let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, 
and slew them there.”™ 

41q And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. tt 
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself 
down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look 
toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven 
times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of 
the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, 
that the rain stop thee not.*# 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with 
clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 46 And the hand of 


the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.S§ 


1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with 
the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, 
if 1 make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, 
he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant 
there. 

4q But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper 
tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away 


my life; for I am not better than my fathers.” 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, 
then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a 
cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down 
again.t 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and 
eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the 
strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 

9q And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came 
to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? !° And he said, I have been very jealous 
for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine 
altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take 
it away. ! And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD 
passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the 
LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in 
the earthquake: !2 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a 
still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went 
out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What 
doest thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because 
the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets 
with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said 
unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael 
to be king over Syria: 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha 





a 
§ 18:35 ran: Heb. went 18:40 Take: or, Apprehend tt 18:41 asound...: or, a sound of a noise of rain + 18:44 Prepare: 


Heb. Tie, or, Bind §§ 18:46 to the...: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel a: 19:4 for himself: Heb. for his life t 19:6 head: Heb. 
bolster 


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the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.* 17 And it shall come 
to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the 
sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have 
not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.8 

19q So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke 
of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, 


and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?" 2! And 
he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the 
instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after 
Elijah, and ministered unto him. 


20 

1 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings 
with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 2And 
he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy 
silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king 
of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. 
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent 
unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; ° Yet 
I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and 
the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it 


in their hand, and take it away.” 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, 
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for 
my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.‘ 8 And all the elders and all the 
people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. 9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of 
Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but 
this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. 1° And Ben-hadad 
sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for 


handfuls for all the people that follow me.* 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let 
not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 

12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in 
the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array 
against the city.S**tt 

13 q And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast 
thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt 
know that I am the LORD.*# 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even 
by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he 


answered, Thou.S$*** 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they 
were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children 
of Israel, being seven thousand. !6 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself 
drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 17 And the young 
men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, 
There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them 
alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of 
the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 2° And they slew every one his 
man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an 
horse with the horsemen. 2! And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and 
slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. 

22q And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, 
and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they 





+ 19:16 Elisha: Gr. Eliseus § 19:18 I have...: or, I will leave = 19:20 Go...: Heb. Go return ‘ 20:6 pleasant: Heb. desirable 
t 20:7 I denied...: Heb. I kept not back from him # 20:10 follow...: Heb. are at my feet § 20:12 message: Heb. word ve 20:12 
pavilions: or, tents tt 20:12 Set yourselves...: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines +4 20:13 came: Heb. approached 
§§ 20:14 young...: or, servants ik 20:14 order: Heb. bind, or, tie 


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were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than 
they. 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their 
rooms: 25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for 
chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he 
hearkened unto their voice, and did so.}tt 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben- 


hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.¥¥# 27 And the children of 
Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched 
before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.8§§ 

28 q And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, 
Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore 
will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that Iam the LORD. 29 And 
they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle 
was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. 
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the 


men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.” 

31q And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel 
are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out 
to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and 
put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray 
thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe 
whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. 
Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into 
the chariot. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will 
restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said 


Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.t 

35 q And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, 
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused 

to smite him. 36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, 
as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, 
a lion found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And 
the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.* 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for 
the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And as the king passed by, he 
cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man 
turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then 
shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.8 40 And as thy servant was busy here 
and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast 


decided it.** 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned 
him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let 
go out of thy hand a man whom | appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, 
and thy people for his people. #3 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and 
came to Samaria. 


1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in 
Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. ? And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me 
thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will 
give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in 
money.” 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my 
fathers unto thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which 
Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my 
fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 

5 ¢ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest 
no bread? © And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give 





ttt 20:25 that thou...: Heb. that was fallen Ht 20:26 to fight...: Heb. to the war with Israel S88 20:27 were all... or, were 
* 
nourished 20:30 into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber t 20:34 streets: or, market 


aK * 
places + 20:37 so that...: Heb. smiting and wounding § 20:39 pay: Heb. weigh 20:40 he was...: Heb. he was not 21:2 
seem...: Heb. be good in thine eyes 


1 Kings 21:7 294 1 Kings 22:10 


me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he 
answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern 
the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard 
of Naboth the Jezreelite. So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent 
the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling 

with Naboth. ° And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among 
the people:t 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou 
didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the 
men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had 
sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed 
a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and 
sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of 
the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the 
city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. 14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, 
and is dead. 

15q And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said 
to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee 
for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. !¢ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was 
dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 

17q And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab 
king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to 
possess it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also 
taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where 
dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 2° And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast 
thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself 
to work evil in the sight of the LORD. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy 
posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left 
in Israel, 22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house 
of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made 
Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of 
Jezreel.* 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall 
the fowls of the air eat. 

25 q But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the 
LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.8 26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according 
to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 27 And it came 
to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and 
fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, 
saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, 
I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house. 


22 

1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the 
third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel 
said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the 
hand of the king of Syria?" 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth- 
gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses 
as thy horses. 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the 
LORD to day. © Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and 
said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for 
the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet 
of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, 
There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; 
for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say 
so. Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.t 10 and 
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, 





* 
t 21:9 on high...: Heb. in the top of the people + 21:23 wall: or, ditch § 21:25 stirred...: or, incited 22:3 still...: Heb. silent 


from taking it t 22:9 officer: or, eunuch 


1 Kings 22:11 295 1 Kings 22:43 


in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.* 
4 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With 
these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. 12 And all the prophets prophesied 

so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand. 
13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of 
the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word 
of one of them, and speak that which is good. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD 
saith unto me, that will I speak. 

15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead 
to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into 
the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell 
me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? !7 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered 
upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them 
return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell 
thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the 
word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting 

on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 2° And the 
LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on 
this manner, and another said on that mannerS 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the 
LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go 
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, 
and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the 
mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. 24 But Zedekiah the 
son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of 
the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when 


thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.”* 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and 
carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 27 And say, Thus saith 
the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, 
until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by 
me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. 

29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 3° And the 
king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on 
thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.tt 31 But the king of Syria 
commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small 
nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots 
saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against 
him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived 
that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a certain man drew 
a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said 


unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for lam wounded.*#88*** 
35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and 
died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.ttt### 36 and there 
went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his 
city, and every man to his own country. 

37q So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.$8§ 38 and 
one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his 
armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. 3° Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and 
all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 4° So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his 
son reigned in his stead. 

41 q And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of 
Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and 
five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 And he walked in 





t 22:10 void...: Heb. floor § 22:20 persuade: or, deceive - 22:25 into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a 
chamber TT 22:30 I will...: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle #4 22:34 at a...: Heb. in his simplicity 
S8 99:34 joints...: Heb. joints and the breastplate ee 22:34 wounded: Heb. made sick Tit 22:35 increased: Heb. ascended 
Het 22:35 midst: Heb. bosom 888 22:37 was brought: Heb. came 


1 Kings 22:44 296 1 Kings 22:53 


all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the 
LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet 
in the high places. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 4° Now the rest of the acts 
of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the 
days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 4” There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. 
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were 


broken at Ezion-geber.” 49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go 
with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. 

50 q And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his 
father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 

51 q Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of 
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the 
LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to 
anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. 





* 
22:48 made...: or, had ten ships 


2 Kings 1:1 297 2 Kings 2:7 


The Second Book of the Kings 
Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings 


1Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice 
in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, 
Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 3 But the angel of 
the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and 
say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god 
of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which 
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.” 

5 ¢ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned 
back? © And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again 
unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God 
in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come 
down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, What 
manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?t 8 And they answered 
him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the 
Tishbite. 

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, 
he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from 
heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him 
and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered 
and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered 
and said unto them, If 1 be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy 
fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 

13q And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, 
and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, 0 man of God, I pray 
thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.* 14Behold, there came 
fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore 
let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with 
him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto 
him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god 
of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come 
down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 

17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned 

in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had 
no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 





1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah 
went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath 
sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth 
to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head 
to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, 
I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul 
liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. > And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho 
came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy 
head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. © And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I 
pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul 
liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. ’ And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, 





* 
1:4 Thou shalt...: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it t 1:7 What...: Heb. What was the 
manner oftheman + 1:13 fell: Heb. bowed 


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and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.” 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it 
together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over 
on dry ground. 

9q And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for 
thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit 
be upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken 
from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.t 11 And it came to pass, as they still 
went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them 
both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 

12q And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen 
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of 
Jordan;* 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where 
is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: 
and Elisha went over. !5 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they 
said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the 
ground before him. 

16 q And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, 
we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and 


cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.8** 17 And when 
they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought 
three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said 
unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 

19q And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, 
as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.*t 20 and he said, Bring me a new 
cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the 
waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there 
shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, 
according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 

23 q And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth 
little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou 
bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And 
there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he 
went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. 


1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of 
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; 
but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had 
made.” 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; 
he departed not therefrom. 

4q And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred 
thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. > But it came to pass, when Ahab was 
dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 

6q And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went 
and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt 
thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy 
people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The 
way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king 
of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and 
for the cattle that followed them.t 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these 
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! !! But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a 
prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants 
answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And 





* 

2:7 to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against t 2:10 Thou hast...: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking + 2:13 bank: Heb. lip 
a 

§ 2:16 strong...: Heb. sons of strength 2:16 some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains tt 2:19 barren: Heb. causing to 


* 
miscarry 3:2 image: Heb. statue t 3:9 that...: Heb. at their feet 


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Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the 
king of Edom went down to him. !3 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? 
get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said 
unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of 
Moab. 4 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that 
I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 
15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the 
LORD came upon him. !¢ And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus 
saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, 
that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight 
of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. !9 And ye shall smite every fenced city, 
and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good 
piece of land with stones.* 

20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came 
water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 

21 q And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they 


gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.8** 22 And they 
rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on 
the other side as red as blood: 23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have 
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.tt 24 and when they came to the camp of Israel, 
the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward 
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.** 25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good 
piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled 
all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about 
it, and smote it.8§ 

26 q And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven 
hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 
27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt 
offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, 
and returned to their own land. 


1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy 
servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor 
is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. ? And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for 
thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the 
house, save a pot of oil. 3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty 
vessels; borrow not a few.” 4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon 
thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she 
went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she 
poured out. © And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet 
a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told 
the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the 
rest.t 

8q And it fell ona day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained 
him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.#8 9 And 
she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us 
continually. 1° Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, 
and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in 
thither. 1! And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Snunammite. And when he had called her, she stood 
before him. 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all 
this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of 





aK 
# 3:19 mar: Heb. grieve S 3.01 gathered: Heb. were cried together 3:21 put on...: Heb. gird himself with a girdle tt 3:23 
slain: Heb. destroyed +4 3:24 they went...: or, they smote in it even smiting §§ 3:25 only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in 


* 
Kir-haraseth 4:3 borrow not...: or, scant not 3 4:7 debt: or, creditor + 4:8 it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day § 4:8 
constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him 


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the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 4 And he said, What then is to be done 
for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call 
her, And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 And he said, About this season, according 
to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie 
unto thine handmaid.** 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had 
said unto her, according to the time of life. 

18 q And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 
19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 2° And 
when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went 
out. 22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one 
of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go 
to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.tt 24Then she saddled 
an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.*# 
25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of 
God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 26Run now, 
I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with 
the child? And she answered, It is well. 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught 
him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for 
her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.88*** 28 Then 
she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? 29 Then he said to Gehazi, 
Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him 
not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 3° And 
the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he 
arose, and followed her. 31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the 
child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, 
saying, The child is not awaked.ttt 32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was 
dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed 
unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his 
eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the 
flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, 
and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.*## 
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in 
unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the 
ground, and took up her son, and went out. 

38 q And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets 
were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the 
sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and 
gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they 
knew them not. 4°So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of 
the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could 
not eat thereof. 41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for 
the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.$8§ 

42 q And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, 
twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, 
that they may eat.” 43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said 
again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave 
thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. 


5 


1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and 
honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man 





sk 
4:16 season: Heb. set time tt 4:23 well: Heb. peace + 4:24 slack..:: Heb. restrain not for me to ride 88 4:27 him... 
BRK 
Heb. by his feet 4:27 vexed: Heb. bitter ttt 4:31 hearing: Heb. attention +t 4:35 to and fro: Heb. once hither and 
* 
once thither $88 4:41 harm: Heb. evil thing 4:42 the husk...: or, his scrip, or, garment 


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in valour, but he was a leper.’ t¥ 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away 


captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 And she said unto 
her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of 
his leprosy.**tt 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the 
land of Israel. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And 
he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes 
of raiment.## © And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come 
unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of 
his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, 
and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his 
leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 

8 q And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, 
that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and 
he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh 
shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. !! But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, 
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, 
and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.8$***t1T 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers 
of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned 
and went away ina rage.*## 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if 
the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, 
when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? !4 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in 
Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a 
little child, and he was clean. 

15 q And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: 
and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I 
pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. 1° But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will 
receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, 
I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer 
neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. 18 In this thing the LORD 
pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he 
leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house 
of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. !° And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he 
departed from him a little way.88§ 

20 q But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman 
this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run 
after him, and take somewhat of him. 2! So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw 
him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?* 22 And he 
said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount 
Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two 
changes of garments. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound 
two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; 
and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and 
bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.t 25 But he went in, and stood 
before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant 
went no whither.* 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again 
from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, 
and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 2” The leprosy therefore of 
Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper 
as white as snow. 





5:1 with: Heb. before t 5:1 honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance t 5:1 deliverance: or, victory 
aK 
8 5:2 waited...: Heb. was before 5:3 with: Heb. before tt 5:3 recover: Heb. gather in + 5:5 with...: Heb. in his hand 
RK 
8§ 5:11 I thought: Heb. I said 5:11 I thought...: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said ttt 5:11 
* 
strike: Heb. move up and down +H 5:12 Abana: or, Amana §8§ 5:19 a little...: Heb. a little piece of ground 5:21 Is...: Heb. 


Is there peace? t 5:24 tower: or, secret place t 5:25 no whither: Heb. not hither or thither 


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1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is 
too strait for us. 2Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us 
make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray 
thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4So he went with them. And when they 
came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: 
and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.” © And the man of God said, Where fell it? 
And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 

8 q Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such 
and such a place shall be my camp.t 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware 
that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. !° And the king of Israel sent 
to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor 
twice. 1! Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his 
servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 12 And one of 
his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of 
Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.+ 

13q And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, 
Behold, he is in Dothan. !4 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they 
came by night, and compassed the city about.$ 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen 
early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his 


servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?** 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they 
that be with us are more than they that be with them. 7 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, 
open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, 
behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 18 And when they came 
down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. 
And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 

19q And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring 
you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.tt 20 And it came to pass, when they were 
come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the 
LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 2! And the king 
of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22 And he 
answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with 
thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go 
to their master. 23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he 
sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of 
Israel. 

24q And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, 
and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until 
an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five 
pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, 
saying, Help, my lord, 0 king. 2” And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? 
out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?#* 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And 
she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my 
son to morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy 
son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.8$§ 

30 q And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and 
he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 
31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand 
on him this day. 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man 
from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a 
murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and 
hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him? 33 And while he yet talked 





* kK 

6:5 axe head: Heb. iron t 6:8 camp: or, encamping + 6:12 None: Heb. No § 6:14 great: Heb. heavy 6:15 the 
servant: or, the minister tt 6:19 follow...: Heb. come ye after me + 6:27 If...: or, Let not the LORD save thee §§ 6:29 next: 
Heb. other 


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with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; 
what should I wait for the LORD any longer? 


1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time 
shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of 
Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if 
the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it 


with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.” 

3 q And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, 
Why sit we here until we die? 4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and 
we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the 
host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they 
rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost 
part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. © For the Lord had made the host of the 
Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said 
one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the 
Egyptians, to come upon us. ? Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and 
their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. § And when these lepers 
came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried 
thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another 
tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 9Then they said one to another, We do not well: this 
day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief 
will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.t 19 So they 
came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the 
Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and 
the tents as they were. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within. 

12q And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians 
have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide 
themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get 
into the city. 3 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses 
that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: 
behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send 


and see.* 14They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, 
saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments 
and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told 
the king. 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour 
was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 

17q And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and 
the people trode 

upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down 
to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley 
for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of 
Samaria: 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make 
windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but 
shalt not eat thereof. 2° And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he 
died. 


1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou 
and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a 
famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. ? And the woman arose, and did after the 
saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines 
seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of 
the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king 
talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that 





“i 7:2 alord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand t 7:9 some...: Heb. we shall find punishment # FAa 
in the city: Heb. in it 


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Elisha hath done. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to 
life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for 
her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored 
to life. © And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain 
officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the 
land, even until now.” 

7q And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, 
saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, 
and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty 
camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent 
me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?t 1° And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou 
mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. 1! And he settled 
his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.* 12 And Hazael said, Why 
weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of 
Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and 
wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant 
a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou 
shalt be king over Syria. 14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What 
said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 15 And it came to 
Pe on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that 

e died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. 

16 q And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of 
Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.8 17 Thirty and two years old was 
he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of 
the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil 
in the sight of the LORD. 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he 
promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.** 

20q In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 2! So 
Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites 
which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same 
time. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers 
in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.tt 

25 q In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of 
Judah begin to reign. 2© Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned 
one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.*# 
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the 
house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. 

28 q And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth- 
gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the 
wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And 
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because 
he was sick.88***ttt 


9 
1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy 
loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: 2 And when thou comest thither, 
look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from 
among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;* 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his 
head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and 
flee, and tarry not. 





* 
8:6 officer: or, eunuch 7 8:9 with...: Heb. in his hand + 8:11 stedfastly: Heb. and set it § 8:16 began...: Heb. reigned 

3k 
8:19 light: Heb. candle, or, lamp tt 8:24 Ahaziah: also called, Azariah, and Jehoahaz +4 8:26 daughter: or, granddaughter 
88 8.29 which...: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded si 8:29 Ramah: called Ramoth tt 8:29 sick: Heb. wounded 


9:2 inner...: Heb. chamber in a chamber 


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4q So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, 
behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, 0 captain. AndJehu 
said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. © And he arose, and went into the house; and 
he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed 
thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy 
master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of 
the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from 
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: 9 And I will make the 
house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of 
Ahijah: 1° And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. 
And he opened the door, and fled. 

11q Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore 
came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. 12 And 
they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, 
I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it 
under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu the son of 
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and 
all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. 15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the 
wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If 


it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.*8** 

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah 
was come down to see Joram. !7 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the 
company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send 
to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, 
Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 
And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. !9 Then he 
sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And 
Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 2° And the watchman told, 
saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu 
the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.tt#* 21 and Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was 
made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they 


went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.88*** 22 and it came to 
pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the 
whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and 
fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, 
and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his 
chariot.1tt### 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field 
of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, 
the LORD laid this burden upon him; 2° Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood 
of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and 
cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.S$$* 

27 q But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu 
followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which 
is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to 
Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And in the eleventh 
year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 

30 q And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her 
head, and looked out at a window.t 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, 
who slew his master? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? 
And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.* 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw 
her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under 
foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and 





RK 
t 9:13 is king: Heb. reigneth # 9:15 Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen § 9:15 had given: Heb. smote 9:15 
8 g g 
let none...: Heb. let no escaper go, etc tt 9:20 driving: or, marching + 9:20 furiously: Heb. in madness 88 9.21 Make 
RK 
ready: Heb. Bind 9:21 met: Heb. found Tit 9:24 drew...: Heb. filled his hand with a bow Ht 9:24 sunk: Heb. bowed 


* 
S88 9.26 blood: Heb. bloods 9:26 plat: or, portion t 9:30 painted...: Heb. put her eyes in painting # 9:32 eunuchs: or, 
chamberlains 


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bury her: for she is a king’s daughter. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her 
than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 3° Wherefore they came again, and told him. 
And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In 
the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:§ 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung 
upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. 


10 


1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the 


rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,” 2 Now as soon as 
this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and 
horses, a fenced city also, and armour; 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and 
set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, 
and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he that was over the 
house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, 
saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou 
that which is good in thine eyes. Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, 
and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me 
to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men 
of the city, which brought them up.t 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they 
took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to 
ezreel. 

: 8 q And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s 
sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And it 
came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: 
behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 1° Know now that there 
shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house 
of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. 1 So Jehu slew all that 
remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until 
he left him none remaining.§ 

12q And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in 
the way, 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they 
answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the 
children of the queen.tt## 14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them 
at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. 

15q And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet 
him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And 
Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up 
to him into the chariot.88*** 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they 
made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in 
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. 

18q And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal alittle; but Jehu 
shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all 
his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, 
he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.ttt 21 And Jehu sent 
through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came 
not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.*## 
22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. 
And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the 
house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you 
none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to 
offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men 





§ 936 by: Heb. by the hand of S 10:1 them...: Heb. nourishers t 10:6 mine: Heb. for me # 10:10 by: Heb. by the hand of 
§ 10:11 kinsfolks: or, acquaintance ae 10:12 shearing...: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep tt 10:13 met with: Heb. found 
+ 10:13 to salute...: Heb. to the peace of, etc 88 0:15 lighted on: Heb. found ks 10:15 saluted: Heb. blessed Tit 10:20 
Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify #44 10:21 full...: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth 


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whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. 
25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to 
the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with 
the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house 
of Baal.8§§ 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.” 27 And 
they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house 
unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 

29 q Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not 
from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 3° And the LORD 
said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done 
unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation 
shall sit on the throne of Israel. 3! But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel 
with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.t 

32 q In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts 
of Israel;* 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the 
Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.8*™* 34Now the rest of the 
acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of 
the kings of Israel? 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz 
his son reigned in his stead. 3¢ And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and 
eight years, tt 


1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all 


the seed royal.” 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of 
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and 
his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.t+ 3 And he was with her hid in 
the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 

4q And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and 
the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and 
took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son. 5 And he commanded 
them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall 
even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; © And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a 
third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken 
down.§ 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the 


house of the LORD about the king.** 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with 
his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the 
king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all 
things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on 
the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 1° And to 
the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple 
of the LORD. ! And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, 
from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.tt 
12 And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and 
they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. *+ 
13q And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into 
the temple of the LORD. ' And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner 
was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew 
with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. !5 But Jehoiada the priest 
commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth 
without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her 





§8§ 10:25 the edge: Heb. the mouth J 10:26 images: Heb. statues mh 10:31 took...: Heb. observed not + 10:32 to cut: Heb. to 
cutofftheends § 10:33 eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun 7 10:33 even...: or, even to Gilead and Bashan tt 10:36 
the time: Heb. the days were . 11:1 seed...: Heb. seed of the kingdom t 11:2 Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath t Li 
Joash: also called, Jehoash S 11:6 that... or, from breaking up ne 11:7 parts: or, companies: Heb. hands tt 11:11 corner: 
Heb. shoulder + 11:12 God...: Heb. Let the king live 


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not be slain in the house of the LORD. !¢ And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the 
which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain. 

17q And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should 
be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went 
into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, 
and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house 
of the LORD.S§ 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the 
people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way 
of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 2° And all the people 
of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s 
house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. 


12 
1! the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And 
his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the 
LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken 
away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 
4q And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the 
house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man 


is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD, tt 
5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of 
the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. ¢ But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year 
of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.§ 7 Then king Jehoash called for 
Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the 
house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of 
the house. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the 
breaches of the house. 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it 
beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept 
the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.** 10 And it was so, 
when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came 
up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. tT## 11 And 
they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the 
house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of 
the LORD,SS 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the 
breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.*** 13 Howbeit 
there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels 
of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 14 But they gave 
that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. 15 Moreover they reckoned not 
with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt 
faithfully. 1° The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was 
the priests’. 

74 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face 
to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and 
Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all 
the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it 
to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.ttt 

19q And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2° And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in 
the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla +## 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad 
the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the 
city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 





* 
11:18 officers: Heb. offices 12:4 dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses 12:4 that every...: Heb. of the souls 

8§ ff b. off dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. hol t hat every...: Heb, of the soul 

of his estimation * 12:4 cometh...: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man S 12:6 three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year 

RK 

12:9 door: Heb. threshold tt 12:10 scribe: or, secretary +t 12:10 put...: Heb. bound up 8§ 12:11 laid...: Heb. brought 


RK 
it forth 12:12 was...: Heb. went forth ttt 12:18 went...: Heb. went up +H 12:20 the house...: or, Bethmillo 


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13 
1In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu 


began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.” 2 And he did that which was evil in 
the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; 
he departed not therefrom. 

3q And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of 
Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. * And Jehoahaz 
besought the LORD, andthe LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the 
king of Syria oppressed them. 5(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under 


the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.* Nevertheless 
they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: 


and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)S** 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but 
fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, 
and had made them like the dust by threshing. 

8 q Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in 
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried 
him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. tt 

104 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign 
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he 
walked therein. 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he 
fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings 
of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried 
in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 

14 q Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came 
down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the 
horsemen thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and 
arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: 
and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.** 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he 
opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and 
the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed 
them. 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon 
the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, 
Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed 
it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 

20 q And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the 
coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a 
band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and 
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.8§ 

22 q But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the LORD was gracious 
unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as 
yet.*** 24So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jehoash the 
son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had 
taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the 


cities of Israel. ttt 


1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of 
Judah. ? He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years 
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in 
the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father 





e 13:1 three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year t 13:2 followed: Heb. walked after # 13:5 as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, 
and third day § 13:6 walked: Heb. he walked sl 13:6 remained: Heb. stood tt 13:9 Joash: also called, Jehoash + 13:16 


RAK 
Put thine...: Heb. Make thine handtoride $8 13:21 was...: Heb. went down 13:23 presence: Heb. face tit 13:25 took...: 
Heb. returned and took 


2 Kings 14:4 310 2 Kings 15:4 


did. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense 
on the high places. 

5 q And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants 
which had slain the king his father. ® But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto 
that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The 
fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but 
every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, 
and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.” 

8q Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, 
Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of 
Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy 
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the 
thistle. !©Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry 
at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with 
thee?t 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah 
king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah 
was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.* 13 And Jehoash king of 
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came 
to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, 
four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the 
house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 

15q Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah 
king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 And Jehoash 
slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned 
in his stead. 

17q And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king 
of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled 
to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 2° And they brought him on horses: 
and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 

21q And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead 
of his father Amaziah,§ 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his 
fathers. 

23 q In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king 
of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 
Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, 
according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the 
son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that 
it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD 
said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand 
of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 

28 q Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and 
how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in 
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the 
kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. 


15 
1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of 
Judah to reign.” 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years 
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in 
the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places 
were not removed: the people sacrificed 
and burnt incense still on the high places. 





* 
14:7 Selah: or, the rock t 14:10 at home: Heb. at thy house + 14:12 put...: Heb. smitten § 14:21 Azariah: also called, 
* 
Uzziah 15:1 Azariah: also called, Uzziah 


2 Kings 15:5 311 2 Kings 15:38 


5q And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 
several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land. ® And the 
rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Judah? 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of 
David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 

8 q In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign 
over Israel in Samaria six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his 
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew 
him, and reigned in his stead. 4! And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the 
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto 
Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to 

ass. 
ae q Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; 
and he reigned a full month in Samaria.tt 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and 
came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his 
stead. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

16 q Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: 
because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child 
he ripped up. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi 
to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of 
the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to 
sin. 9 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of 
silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem exacted 
the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to 
the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.§ 

21q And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned 
in his stead. 

23 q In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over 
Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he 
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son 
of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the 
king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and 
reigned in his room. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written 
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

27 q In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign 
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 29 In the 
days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, 
and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them 
captive to Assyria. 3° And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, 
and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of 
Uzziah. 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of 
the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

32 q In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah 
king of Judah to reign. 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned 
sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 34 And he did 
that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 

35 q Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed 

and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. 

36 q Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king 
of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 





t 15:13 Uzziah: Gr. Ozias + 15:13 a full...: Heb. a month of days § 15:20 exacted: Heb. caused to come forth 


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16 

1JIn the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to 
reign. 2Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and 
did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the 
way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations 
of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and 
burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 

5 q Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: 
and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. © At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath 
to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.” 
7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, Iam thy servant and thy son: come 
up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise 
up against me. § And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the 
treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria 
hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the 
people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.t 

10q And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that 
was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, 
according to all the workmanship thereof.* 1! And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that 
king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 
12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the 
altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his 
drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.S 14 And he brought also 
the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar 
and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded 
Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat 
offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people 
of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the 
burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 

17q And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took 
down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And 
the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he 
from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. 

19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles 
of the kings of Judah? 2° And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of 
David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 


1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over 
Israel nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel 
that were before him. 

3q Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him 
presents. t 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So 
king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the 
king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.* 

5 q Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged 
it three years. 

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, 
and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 

7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought 
them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other 
gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children 
of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. ? And the children of Israel did secretly those 





* 
16:6 from Elath: Heb. from Eloth t 16:9 Damascus: Heb. Dammesek t 16:10 Damascus: Heb. Dammesek 8 16:13 his peace 


* 
offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his 17:3 gave: Heb. rendered t 17:3 presents: or, tribute # 17:4 present: 
or, tribute 


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things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their 
cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. !° And they set them up images and groves 
in every high hill, and under every green tree:S 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, 
as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke 
the LORD to anger: !?For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this 
thing. 13 Yet the LORD testified 

against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your 
evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded 
your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.*” 14 Notwithstanding they would 
not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD 
their God. 45 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and 
his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went 
after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they 
should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them 
molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served 
Baal. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination 
and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none 
left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but 
walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 2° And the LORD rejected 

all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had 
cast them out of his sight. 2! For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 
22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from 
them; 23 Until the LORD removed 

Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out 
of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 


24 q And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from 
Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: 
and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their 
dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which 
slew some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast 
removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore 
he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the 
God of the land. 2” Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom 
ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God 
of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in 
Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 2? Howbeit every nation made gods of their 
own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in 
their cities wherein they dwelt. 3° And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth 
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 3! And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the 
Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 
32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, 
which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared the LORD, and served their 
own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.tt 34 Unto this day 
they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or 
after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children 
of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, 
saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 
36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out 
arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, 
and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to 
do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye 
shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall 
deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 4° Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after 





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§ 17:10 images: Heb. statues 17:13 by: Heb. by the hand of tt 17:33 whom...: or, who carried them away from thence 


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their former manner. *! So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their 
children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. 


1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son 


of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.” 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; 
and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of 
Zachariah.t 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his 
father did. 

4q He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces 
the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense 
to it: and he called it Nehushtan.*§ 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none 
like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. © For he clave to the LORD, and 
departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.** 
7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against 
the king of Assyria, and served him not. ® He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders 


thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. tt 

9q And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea 
son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 
10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of 
Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 1! And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, 
and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12 Because 
they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the 
servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 

13q Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all 
the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.*# 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria 
to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And 
the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty 
talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and 
in the treasures of the king’s house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the 
temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the 
king of Assyria.S$ 

174 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah 
with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were 
come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s 
field.*** 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 
which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.ttt 
19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of 
Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 2° Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) 
T have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against 
me?###8S8S* 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on 
which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that 
trust on him.t 22But if ye say unto me, We trust inthe LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places 
and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship 
before this altar inJerusalem? 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, 
and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.+ 24How 
then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust 
on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to 
destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 2° Then said Eliakim the son 
of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian 
language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that 





. 18:1 Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias t 18:2 Abi: also called, Abijah + 18:4 images: Heb. statues § 18:4 Nehushtan: that 
is, A piece of brass oe 18:6 from...: Heb. from after him tt 18:8 Gaza: Heb. Azzah + 18:13 Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib 
88 is:t6 it: Heb. them wae 18:17 great: Heb. heavy tit 18:18 scribe: or, secretary Ht 18:20 sayest: or, talkest 
888 18:20 vain..: Heb. word of the lips . 18:20 I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war t 18:21 trustest: Heb. 


trustest thee * 18:23 pledges: or, hostages 


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are on the wall. 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, 
to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their 
own dung, and drink their own piss with you?§ 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice 
in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 29 Thus 
saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this 
city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 3! Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus 
saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat 
ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his 


cistern:** tT 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a 
land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken 
not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.** 33 Hath any of the 
gods of the nations delivered 

at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? 
where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 
35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine 
hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? 3° But the people held their peace, 
and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 3? Then 
came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the 
son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. 


1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with 
sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, 
and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the 
son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, 
and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.” 4 It 
may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master 
hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: 


wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.t 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to 
Isaiah. 

6q And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid 
of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed 
me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; 
and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 

8 q So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard 
that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, 
he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 1° Thus shall ye 
speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, 
Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. '! Behold, thou hast heard what 
the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, 
and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? !3 Where is the king of Hamath, and the 
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? 

14q And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went 
up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 5° And Hezekiah prayed before the 
LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even 
thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow down 
thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath 
sent him to reproach the living God. 1” Ofa truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations 
and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s 
hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.+ 19 Now therefore, 0 LORD our God, I 
beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art 
the LORD God, even thou only. 





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8 18:27 their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet 18:31 Make...: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing tt 18:31 


* 
cistern: or, pit a 18:32 persuadeth: or, deceiveth 19:3 blasphemy: or, provocation ‘i 19:4 left: Heb. found t 19:18 
cast: Heb. given 


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20 q Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That 
which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. *! This is the word 
that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and 
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou 
reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes 
on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and 
hast said, With the multitude of my chariots Iam come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides 
of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will 
enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.8**t 241 have digged and drunk 
strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.** 25 Hast 
thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I 
brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.8§ 26 Therefore 
their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of 
the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown 
up.” 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.ttt 
28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook 
in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 29 And 
this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second 
year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, 
and eat the fruits thereof. 3° And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take 
root downward, and bear fruit upward.*#* 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they 
that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.888 32 Therefore thus saith 
the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, 
nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall 
he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 34For I will defend this city, to save it, for 
mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 

35 q And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp 
of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, 
behold, they were all dead corpses. 36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, 
and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, 
that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land 


of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.” 


20 

1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, 
and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.” 
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, 31 beseech thee, O LORD, 
remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that 
which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.t 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out 
into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,* 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah 
the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I 
have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the 
LORD. © And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand 
of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 

8 q And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall 
go up into the house of the LORD the third day? 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the 
LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, 
or go back ten degrees? 1° And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten 
degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 1! And Isaiah the prophet cried unto 





§ 19.23 By: Heb. By the hand of we 19:23 tall...: Heb. tallness, etc tt 19:23 of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field + 19:24 
besieged: or, fenced 88 10.25 long...: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid 
waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps? ci 19:26 of small...: Heb. short of hand Tit 19:27 abode: or, sitting #4 19:30 
remnant...: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth §8§ 19:31 they...: Heb. the escaping e 19:37 Armenia: Heb. 


* 
Ararat 20:1 Set...: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house i 20:3 sore: Heb. with a great weeping + 20:4 court: or, city 


2 Kings 20:12 317 2 Kings 21:18 


the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of 
Ahaz.8 

12q At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present 
unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.** 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, 
and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the 
precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was 
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.tt## 

14q Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and 
from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from 
Babylon. 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things 
that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed 
them. !¢ And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. !7 Behold, the days come, that all 
that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried 
into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. !8 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which 
thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, 
Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?8§ 

20 q And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, 
and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 


21 

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after 
the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built 
up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, 
and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 
4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my 
name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. © And 
he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with 
familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to 
anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said 
to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes 
of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the 
land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded 
them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not: 
and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before 
the children of Israel. 

10q And the LORD spake 

by his servants the prophets, saying, 1! Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abomina- 
tions, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made 
Judah also to sin with his idols: 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing 
such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And 
I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will 


wipe Jerusalem as aman wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.” 14 And I will forsake the 
remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become 
a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and 
have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 
16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to 
another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the 
LORD.t 

17q Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not 
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, 





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§ 20:11 dial: Heb. degrees 20:12 Berodach-baladan: or, Merodach-baladan tt 20:13 precious things: or, spicery He 20:13 
* 
armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels 88 20:19 Isit..: or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc 21:13 wiping...: Heb. he wipeth and 
turneth it upon the face thereof t 21:16 from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth 


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and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his 
stead. 

19q Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in 
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 2° And he 
did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the 
way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 2? And 
he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 

23 q And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24 And 
the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land 
made Josiah his son king in his stead. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not 
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in 


the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 


22 

1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 2? And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right 
hand or to the left. 

3q And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of 
Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, ‘Go up to Hilkiah the high 
priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers 
of the door have gathered of the people:* 5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the 
work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work 
which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, ® Unto carpenters, and builders, 
and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 Howbeit there was no reckoning 
made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 

8 q And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the 
house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe 
came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money 
that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have 
the oversight of the house of the LORD.* 10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah 
the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 

1 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his 
clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor 
the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,*§ 13 Go ye, 
enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book 
that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have 
not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning 
us. !4So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the 
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she 
dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.**tt 

15q And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, 
even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 17 Because they have forsaken me, 
and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of 
their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But 
to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the 
LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; 19 Because thine heart was tender, and 
thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and 
against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy 
clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. 2° Behold therefore, I will gather 
thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see 
all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. 





* 

t 21:26 Josiah: Gr. Josias 22:4 door: Heb. threshold t 22:9 gathered: Heb. melted t 22:12 Achbor: or, Abdon § 22:12 
kK 

Michaiah: or, Micah 22:14 wardrobe: Heb. garments TT 22:14 in the...: or, in the second part 


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23 

1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. ? And the 
king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in 
their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.” 

3q And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, 
and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their 
soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to 
the covenant. 

4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the 
keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for 
Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the 
fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, 
whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and 
in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the 
moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.t#§ 6 And he brought out the grove from the 
house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, 
and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the 
people. ’ And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where 
the women wove hangings for the grove.” 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, 
and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake 
down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the 
city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city. Nevertheless the priests of the high places 
came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among 
their brethren. 1° And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no 
man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 11 And he took away the 
horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by 
the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots 
of the sun with fire.tt 12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the 
kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of 
the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into 
the brook Kidron.*# 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of 
the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination 
of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination 
of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.88 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down 


the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.*** 

15q Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high 
place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied 
the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and 
burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God 
proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of 
the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these 
things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move 
his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.ttt 
19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel 
had made to provoke the Lorp to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that 
he had done in Beth-el. 2° And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, 
and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.*#+ 

21q And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as 
it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days 
of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23 But 
in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. 





. 23:2 both...: Heb. from small even unto great t 23:5 put...: Heb. caused to cease t 23:5 idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim 
§ 23:5 planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations a 23:7 hangings: Heb. houses tt 23:11 chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer 
+ 23:12 brake...: or, ran from thence §§ 23:13 the mount...: that is, the mount of Olives seit 23:14 images: Heb. statues 
tt 23:18 bones alone: Heb. bones to escape Ht 23:20 slew: or, sacrificed 


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24 q Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and 
all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that 
he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found 
in the house of the LORD.SS$§ 

25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and 
with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there 
any like him. 

26 q Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his 
anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him 
withal.* 27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and 
will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be 
there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 

29 q In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river 
Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 
30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and 
buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and 
anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead. 

31 q Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months 
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.t 32 And he did 
that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And Pharaoh- 
nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and 
put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.*8 34 And Pharaoh-nechoh 
made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, 
and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the 
gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: 
he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to 
give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. 

36 q Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in 
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did that 
which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 


1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three 
years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, 
and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent 
them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants 
the prophets.” 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of 
his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4 And also for the innocent blood that 
he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 

5 { Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Judah? © So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned 
in his stead. 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon 
had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 

8 q Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three 
months, And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.t 9 And he did 
that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. 

10 q At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and 
the city was besieged.* 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants 
did besiege it. 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, 
and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth 
year of his reign.8** 13 nd he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the 
treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had 





* 

888 93:04 images: or, teraphim 23:26 provocations: Heb. angers t 23:31 Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum # 23:33 that...: 
* 

or, because he reigned § 93:33 put the...: Heb. set a fine upon the land 24:2 by: Heb. by the hand of t 24:8 Jehoiachin: 


a 
also called Jeconiah and Coniah # 24:10 was...: Heb. came into siege S 24:12 officers: or, eunuchs 24:12 his reign: 
Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year 


2 Kings 24:14 321 2 Kings 25:23 


made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and 
all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen 
and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away 
Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of 
the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.'t 16 And all the men of might, even 
seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them 
the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 

17q And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his 
name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 
eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 
19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 
20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them 
out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 


1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, 
that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against 
it; and they built forts against it round about. ? And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of 
king Zedekiah. 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there 
was no bread for the people of the land. 

4q And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between 
two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and 
the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and 
overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. ® So they took the 
king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.” 7 And 
they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with 
fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.t 

8 q And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of 
Babylon, unto Jerusalem:* 9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the 
houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire. 1° And all the army of the Chaldees, 
that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. !! Now the rest 
of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the 
remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.§ 12 But the captain 
of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. !3 And the pillars of brass 
that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the 
LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 4 And the pots, and 
the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, 
took they away. 15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, 
in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 1 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon 
had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.** 17 The height 
of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter 
three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: 
and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work. 

18q And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and 
the three keepers of the door:tt 19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men 
of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the 
principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people 
of the land that were found in the city:##88*** 20 and Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, 
and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 2! And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew 
them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. 

22q And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 23 And when 





* 

tt 24:15 officers: or, eunuchs 25:6 gave...: Heb. spake judgment with him t 25:7 put...: Heb. made blind # 25:8 captain...: 
aK 

or, chief marshal $ 95:11 fugitives: Heb. fallen away 25:16 one...: Heb. the one sea tt 25:18 door: Heb. threshold 


RK 
+ 25:19 officer: or, eunuch 88 95:19 were in...: Heb. saw the king’s face 25:19 principal...: or, scribe of the captain of the 
host 


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all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah 
governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of 
Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, 
they and their men. 74 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to 
be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well 
with you. 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of 
Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the 
Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.tTT 26 And all the people, both small and great, 
and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. 

27q And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in 
the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in 
the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28 And he 
spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;*¥# 
29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his 
life. 3° And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, 
all the days of his life. 





ttt 25:25 royal: Heb. of the kingdom +44 25:28 kindly...: Heb. good things with him 


1 Chronicles 1:1 323 1 Chronicles 1:54 


The First Book of the Chronicles 


1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, 
Ham, and Japheth. 

5 q The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and 
Tiras. © And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.” 7 And the sons of Javan; 
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.t 

8 q The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ° And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, 
and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 1° And Cush 
begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, 
and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 1? And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and 
Caphthorim. 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, !4The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, 
and the Girgashite, !5 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1° And the Arvadite, and the 
Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 

17q The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and 
Gether, and Meshech.* 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 19 And unto Eber were 
born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his 
brother’s name was Joktan.§ 2° And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 
21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 2? And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 23 And Ophir, and Havilah, 
and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 

24 q Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 2° Serug, Nahor, Terah, 2” Abram; the same is 
Abraham. 

28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 

29 q These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and 
Mibsam, 3° Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,*” 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These 
are the sons of Ishmael. 

32 q Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, 
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 33 And the sons 
of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. 
34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 

35 ¢ The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 3The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, 
and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.tt 37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, 
Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, 
and Ezer, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.*# 
40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, 
and Anah.§§*** 41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, 
and Cheran.ttt 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.+## 

43 q Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the 
children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 And when Bela 
was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham 
of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of 
Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was 
Avith. 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And when Samlah 
was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan 
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 5° And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: 
and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the 


daughter of Mezahab.S8$* 


51 q Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke 
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 54 Duke Magdiel, duke 
Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. 





“ 1:6 Riphath: or, Diphath as it is in some copies t 1:7 Dodanim: or, Rodanim, according to some copies t 1:17 Meshech: or, 
Mash § 1:19 Peleg: that is, division - 1:30 Hadad: also called, Hadar tt 1:36 Zephi: or, Zepho #4 1:39 Homam: or, 
Hemam §§ 1:40 Alian: also called, Alvan ES 1:40 Shephi: also called, Shepho ttt 1:41 Amram: or, Hemdan +44 1:42 
Jakan: or, Akan §§§ 1:50 Hadad: or, Hadar . 1:50 Pai: or, Pau 


1 Chronicles 2:1 324 1 Chronicles 2:54 


2 

1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,” 2Dan, Joseph, 
and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 

3q The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of 
Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. 
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. >The sons 
of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. © And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and 
Dara: five of them in all.t¥ 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in 
the thing accursed.§ 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. ° The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto 
him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai."*tt 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat 


Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; !! And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,** 12 And 
Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 

13. q And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,S§ 
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 1° Whose sisters were 
Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bare 
Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.*** 

18q And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; 
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which 
bare him Hur. 2° And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 

21q And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married 


when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.ttt 22 and Segub begat Jair, who had three 
and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from 
them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of 
Machir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s 
wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. 

25 q And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, 
and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother 
of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And 
the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the 
name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 3° And the sons of Nadab; 
Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of 
Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; 
Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. 
These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 

34q Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name 
was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 3° And 
Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And 
Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 4° And 
Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 4! And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat 
Elishama. 

42 q Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of 
Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, 
and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 
45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 4° And Ephah, Caleb’s 
concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; 
Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, 
bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of 
Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 

50 q These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of 


Kirjath-jearim,*## 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal 
the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.888* 53 And the families of 
Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came 
the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, 





* eK 
2:1 Israel: or, Jacob i 2:6 Zimri: or, Zabdi t 2:6 Dara: or, Darda § 2:7 Achar: or, Achan 2:9 Ram: Gr. Aram ah 2:9 
ARK 
Chelubai: or, Caleb + 2:11 Salma: also called, Salmon §§ 2:13 Shimma: or, Shammah 2:17 Jether...: also called, Ithra 


* 
anisraelite TTT 2:21 married: Heb. took Ht 2:50 Ephratah: also called, Ephreth 888 9:57 Haroeh: or, Reaiah 2:52 
half...: or, half of the Menuchites, or, Hatsi-ham-menuchoth 


1 Chronicles 2:55 325 1 Chronicles 4:17 


the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.t 55 And the families of the scribes which 
dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of 
Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. 


1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of 
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:” 2 The third, Absalom the son 
of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3 The fifth, 
Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; 
and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 
5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of 
Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:t#8§ © tbhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,”* 7 And Nogah, and 
Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.tt 9 These were all the sons of David, 
beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 

104 And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,*# 11 Joram his 
son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,8$ 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3 Ahaz 
his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah 
were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.ttT###888 
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.” 

17q And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,t 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, 
Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the 
sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, 
and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: 
the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 2? And the sons 
of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and 
Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.* 24 And the sons 
of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, 
seven. 


1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.”* 2 And Reaiah the son of 
Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.t 
3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was 
Hazelelponi: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of 
Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 

5 q And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, 
and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah 
were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel 
the son of Harum. 

9q And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, 
Because I bare him with sorrowt 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest 
bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest 
keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.S** 

11q And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And 
Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of 
Rechah.tt 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.## 14 And 
Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were 
craftsmen.88***ttt 15 and the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons 
of Elah, even Kenaz.*## 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 17 And the 





t 2:54 Ataroth...: or, Atarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab i 3:1 Daniel: or, Chileab t 3:5 Shimea: or, Shammua # 3:5 
Bath-shua: or, Bath-sheba § 3:5 Ammiel: or, Eliam o 3:6 Elishama: also called, Elishua tt 3:8 Eliada: or, Beeliada + 3:10 
Abia: or, Abijam §§ 3:11 Ahaziah: or, Azariah oce 3:12 Azariah: or, Uzziah ttt 3:15 Johanan: or, Jehoahaz +4 3:15 
Jehoiakim: or, Eliakim §S§ 3:15 Zedekiah: or, Mattaniah 3 3:16 Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin or Coniah t 3:17 Salathiel: 
Heb, Shealtiel t 3:23 Hezekiah: Heb. Hiskijah . 4:1 Carmi: also called, Chelubai or Caleb t 4:2 Reaiah: or, Haroeh t 4:9 
Jabez: that is, Sorrowful § 4:10 Oh...: Heb. If thou wilt, etc * 4:10 keep...: Heb. do me tt 4:12 Ir-nahash: or, the city of 
Nahash + 4:13 Hathath...: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc §§ 4:14 valley: or, inhabitants of the valley es 4:14 
Charashim: that is, craftsmen ttt 4:14 Hathath...: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc +44 4:15 even Kenaz: or, Uknaz 


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sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and 
Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. !8 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the 
father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter 
of Pharaoh, which Mered took.$$§ 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father 
of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.* 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and 
Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 

21q The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of 
Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and 
Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among 
plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 

24q The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:t* 25 shallum his son, 
Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei 
his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, 
neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.$ 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, 
and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 2° And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,**tt 30 And at Bethuel, 
and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 3! And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at 
Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.t* 32 And their villages were, Etam, and 
Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:8§ 33 And all their villages that were round about the 


same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.** ttt 34 and Meshobab, and 
Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, 
the son of Asiel, 3° And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and 
Benaiah, 3” And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son 
of Shemaiah; 38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their 
fathers increased greatly.*#+ 

39 q And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for 
their flocks. 4° And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; 
for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king 
of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly 
unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And some 
of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains 
Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they smote the rest of the 
Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. 


1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled 
his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy 
is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came 


the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)” 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel 
were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei 
his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, ® Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of 
Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.t 7 And his brethren by their families, 
when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, § And Bela 
the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:+ 
9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because 
their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 1° And in the days of Saul they made war with the 
Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.S 

11q And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah: 12Joel the 
chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house 
of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, 
seven. 4 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son 
of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of 





§8§ 4:18 Jehudijah: or, the Jewess . 4:19 Hodiah: or, Jehudijah, mentioned before t 4:24 Nemuel: or, Jemuel t 4:24 Jarib, 
Zerah: or, Jachin Zohar § 4:27 like...: Heb. unto as 4:29 Bilhah: or, Balah tt 4:29 Tolad: or, Eltolad + 4:31 Hazar-susim: 
or, Hazar-susah S8 4:32 Etam: or, Ether ore 4:33 Baal: or, Baalath-beer tit 4:33 their genealogy: or, as they divided 
themselves by nations among them Ht 4:38 mentioned: Heb. coming a 5:2 chief...: or, prince t 5:6 Tilgath-pilneser: also 
called, Tiglath-pileser # 5:8 Shema: or, Shemaiah § 5:10 throughout...: Heb. upon all the face of the east 


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Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 1° And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and 


in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.” 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the 
days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 

18 q The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able 
to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand 
seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.tt 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, 
with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 2° And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were 
delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was 
intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle; of their 
camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and 


of men an hundred thousand.*##8$ 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And 
they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 

23 q And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan 
unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their 
fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty 
men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.”** 

25q And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the 
people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 2° And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of 
Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even 
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and 
Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. 


6 

1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.” 2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and 
Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of 
Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

4q Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, > And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat 
Uzzi, © And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, ? Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah 
begat Ahitub, ® And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and 
Azariah begat Johanan, 1° And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the 
temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)t 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 


12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,* 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah 
begat Azariah, '4 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into 
captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 

16 q The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.§ 17 And these be the names of the sons of 
Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and 
Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according 
to their fathers. 2° Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 2! Joah his son, Iddo 
his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.**tt## 22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his 
son, Assir his son,S$ 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel 
his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. ?¢ As for 
Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,**” 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, 
Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.t tt 29 The sons of Merari; 
Mahi, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 3° Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 

31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the 
ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation 
with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on 
their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons 
of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,*## 34The son of Elkanah, the son 
of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 3° The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, 
the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son 





7 5:16 their...: Heb. their goings forth tt 5:18 valiant...: Heb. sons of valour +H 5:21 took...: Heb. led captive 88 5.21 
men: Heb. souls of men as 5:24 famous...: Heb. men of names . 6:1 Gershon: or, Gershom t 6:10 in the temple: Heb. in 
the house $ 6:12 Shallum: or, Meshullam § 6:16 Gershom: or, Gershon ss 6:21 Joah: or, Ethan tt 6:21 Iddo: or, Adaiah 
+ 6:21 Jeaterai: also called, Ethni §§ 6:22 Amminadab: or, Izhar ae 6:26 Zophai: or, Zuph tit 6:28 Vashni: called also 
Joel #44 6:33 waited: Heb. stood 


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of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 3° And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, 
even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, *° The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the 
son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42The son of Ethan, the son 
of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And their 
brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of 
Malluch,§8§ 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son of Amzi, the 
son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 
48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the 
house of God. 

49q But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, 
and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according 
to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 5° And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his 
son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 5! Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his 
son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 

54q Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, 
of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of 
Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 5¢ But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, 
they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, 
namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their 
suburbs, 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, * 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and 


Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:t 6 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and 
Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families 


were thirteen cities.+ 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were 
cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. © And to the 
sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, 
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ©} Unto 
the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of 
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. &4 And the children of Israel gave to the 
Levites these cities with their suburbs. © And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, 
and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these 
cities, which are called by their names. © And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities 
of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. ©” And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem 
in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 6 And Jokmeam with her 
suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, © And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with 
her suburbs: 7° And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her 
suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 7! Unto the sons of Gershom were given 
out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with 
her suburbs: 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal 
with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her 
suburbs: 7¢ And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with 
her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out 
of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78 And on the other side 
Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the 
wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 7? Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and 
Mephaath with her suburbs: 8° And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and 
Mahanaim with her suburbs, 8! And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. 


7 

1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 And the sons of Tola; 
Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, 
to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of 
David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of 
Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. 4 And with them, by their 
generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand 
men: for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were 
valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. 





* 
§§§ 6:44 Kishi: or, Kushaiah 6:58 Hilen: or, Holon t 6:59 Ashan: or, Ain # 6:60 Alemeth: or, Almon 


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6q The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, 
and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and 
were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of 
Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, 
and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their 
generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two 
hundred. 1°The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and 
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. !! All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads 
of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out 
for war and battle. 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.*t 

13 q The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 

14q The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir 
the father of Gilead: 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name 
was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And 
Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother 
was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of 
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, 
and Mahalah. 19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 

20q And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, 
and Tahath his son, 

21q And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were 
born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father 
mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 

23 q And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, 
because it went evil with his house. 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, 
and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and 
Tahan his son, 26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.+§ 

28 q And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, 
and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the 
towns thereof: “tt 29 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, 
Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of 
Joseph the son of Israel.*+ 

30 q The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 3! And 
the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, 
and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and 
Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and 
Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 3¢ The sons 
of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 3” Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and 
Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 39 And 
the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 4° All these were the children of Asher, heads of their 
father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the 
genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. 


1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2? Nohah the 
fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,” 4 And Abishua, 
and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.* © And these are the sons of Ehud: 
these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. ® And Shaharaim 
begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, !° And Jeuz, and Shachia, 
and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: 
13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away 
the inhabitants of Gath: 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 4 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 1” And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, 





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* 
tt 7:28 unto Gaza: or, Adassa +4 7:29 towns: Heb. daughters 8:3 Addar: or, Ard t 8:5 Shephuphan: or, Shupham 


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and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and 
Zabdi, 2° And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 2! And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of 
Shimhi;* 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, 
and Elam, and Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 26 And Shamsherai, and 
Shehariah, and Athaliah, 2” And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 28 These were heads 
of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the 
father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:8 3° And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, 
and Baal, and Nadab, 3! And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.** 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these 
also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.*t 

33 q And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and 
Abinadab, and Esh-baal.¥#88 34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat 
Micah.*** 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.ttt 36 And Ahaz 
begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,*** 
37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:S$8 38 And Azel had six sons, 
whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All 
these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the 
second, and Eliphelet the third. 4° And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had 
many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. 


1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings 
of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 

2 q Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the 
priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the 
children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the 
son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 5 And of the 
Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. © And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six 
hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, 
the son of Hasenuah, 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and 
Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 And their brethren, according 
to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house 
of their fathers. 

10q And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son 
of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;* 
12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, 
the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 13 And their 
brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able 
men for the work of the service of the house of God.t 

14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of 
the sons of Merari; 5 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of 
Zichri, the son of Asaph; !¢ And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and 
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the 
porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 
18 Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children 
of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the 
house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers 

of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of 
the entry.* 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD 
was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. 
These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain 


in their set office.8** 23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the 
LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 24In four quarters were the porters, toward the 





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+ 8:33 Abinadab: also called, Ishui §§ 8:33 Esh-baal: or, Ish-bosheth nee 8:34 Merib-baal: or, Mephibosheth ttt 8:35 
Tarea: or, Tahrea $44 8:36 Jehoadah: also called, Jarah §8§ 8:37 Rapha: also called, Rephaiah . 9:11 Azariah: also called, 


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or, trust 


1 Chronicles 9:25 331 1 Chronicles 11:2 


east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven 
days from time to time with them. 2° For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, 
and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.tt## 

27 q And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the 
opening thereof every morning pertained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the 
ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.8§ 29 Some of them also were 
appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the 


wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices."*” 3° And some of the sons of the priests made 
the ointment of the spices. 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum 


the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.ttt### 32 And other of 


their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.88$§ 
33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: 


for they were employed in that work day and night.” 34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief 
throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. 

35 q And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah: 3° And his 
firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and 
Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at 
Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat 
Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 4° And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: 
and Merib-baal begat Micah. 4! And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 
43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 44 And Azel had six sons, 
whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these 
were the sons of Azel. 


10 

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and 
fell down slain in mount Gilboa.” 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and 
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.t 3 And the battle went 
sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.*§ 4 Then said Saul to his 
armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and 
abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon 
it.** 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. So 
Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel that were 
in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, 
and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 

8 q And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found 
Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his 
armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to 
the people. 1° And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple 
of Dagon. 

11q And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, !2 They arose, all the 
valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, 
and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 

13 ¢ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word 
of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire 


of it;tT 14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David 
the son of Jesse.t# 
11 


1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and 
thy flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and 





tt 9:26 set...: or, trust + 9:26 chambers: or, storehouses 88 9.28 bring...: Heb. bring them in by tale, and carry them out 
by tale = 9:29 instruments: or, vessels ttt 9:31 set...: or, trust $44 9:31 in...: or, on flat plates, or, slices §§§ 9:32 
shewbread: Heb. bread of ordering a. 9:33 they...: Heb. upon them . 10:1 slain: or, wounded t 10:2 Abinadab: also called, 
Ishui t 10:3 and the archers: Heb. and the shooters with bows § 10:3 hit: Heb. found ee 10:4 abuse me: or, mock me 
tt 10:13 committed: Heb. transgressed + 10:14 Jesse: Heb. Isai 


1 Chronicles 11:3 332 1 Chronicles 11:35 


broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou 


shalt be ruler over my people Israel."t 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; 
and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over 
Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.* 

4q And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the 
inhabitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. 
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. © And David said, Whosoever 
smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was 
chief.8 7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David."* 8 And he built the 
city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.tt °So David 
waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.** 

10 q These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves 
with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD 
concerning Israel.88 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an 
Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one 
time.””” 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 
13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where 
was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. ttt 14 and they set 
themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved 
them by a great deliverance.+##888 

15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and 
the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.” 16 And David was then in the hold, and 
the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem. !” And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give 
me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! 18 And the three brake through the 
host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, 
and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD, 19 And said, My 
God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their 
lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. 
These things did these three mightiest.t 

20q And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three 
hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. 21 Of the three, he was more honourable 
than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. 22 Benaiah the son 
of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of 
Moab: also he went down and slew a lion ina pit in a snowy day.* 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 
great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went 
down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own 
spear.8 24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. 
25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him 
over his guard. 

26 q Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo 
of Beth-lehem, 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,“*tt## 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the 
Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, 2° Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,$8*** 30 Maharai the 
Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,ttT 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that 
pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel 
the Arbathite,###8$8 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 The sons of Hashem 
the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,” 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal 





‘i 11:2 in time...: Heb. both yesterday and the third day i 11:2 feed: or, rule + 11:3 by: Heb. by the hand of § 11:6 chief: 
Heb. head vs 11:7 it: that is, Zion tt 11:8 repaired: Heb. revived +4 11:9 waxed...: Heb. went in going and increasing 
88 iio strengthened...: or, held strongly with him rar 11:11 an Hachmonite: or, son of Hachmoni ttt 11:13 Pas-dammim: 
also called, Ephes-dammim $44 11:14 set...: or, stood §8§ 11:14 deliverance: or, salvation * 11:15 three...: or, three captains 
over the thirty t 11:19 that have...: Heb. with their lives? + 11:22 who had...: Heb. great of deeds § 11:23 great...: Heb. 
measure o 11:27 Shammoth: or, Shammah tt 11:27 Harorite: or, Harodite +t 11:27 Pelonite: or, Paltite §§ 11:29 


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Abiel: or, Abi-albon 11:34 Hashem: or, Jashen 


1 Chronicles 11:36 333 1 Chronicles 12:29 


the son of Ur,t#8§ 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the 


son of Ezbai, "tT 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,*# 39 Zelek the Ammonite, 
Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, *° Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the 
Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia 
the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and 
Joha his brother, the Tizite,8§ 4° Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and 
Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. 


1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul 


the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.” 2 They were armed with 
bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a 
bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah 
the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,t 
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and 
Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, > Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, 
and Shephatiah the Haruphite, © Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the 
Korhites, 7 AndJoelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 8 And of the Gadites there separated 
themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, 
that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the 
roes upon the mountains;*8 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 1° Mishmannah the 
fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, " Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, !2Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: 


one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.” 15 These are they that went 
over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of 


the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.'t 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin 
and Judah to the hold unto David. 1” And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto 
them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come 
to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look 
thereon, and rebuke it.##88*** 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and 
he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be 
to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth 

thee. Then David received 

them, and made them captains of the band.ttt 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when 
he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the 
Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of 
our heads, *## 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, 
and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. 
21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and 
were captains in the host.S8§ 22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it 
was a great host, like the host of God. 

23 q And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David 
to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.” *4The children 
of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.t 
25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 2° Of 
the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, 
and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, 
and of his father’s house twenty and two captains. 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of 





t 11:35 Sacar: or, Sharar t 11:35 Eliphal: or, Eliphelet § 11:35 Ur: or, Ahasbai cs 11:37 Hezro: or Hezrai tt 11:37 Naarai: 
or Paaraithe Arbite  ¥# 11:38 the son...: or, the Haggerite 88 11:45 son... or, Shimrite 7 12:1 while...: Heb. being yet shut up 
t 12:3 Shemaah: or, Hasmaah # 12:8 of war: Heb. of the host 8 12:8 as swift... Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make 
haste 12:14 one...: or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand tt 12:15 overflown: Heb. filled 
over ¥# 12:17 to meet...: Heb. before them 88 12:17 be knit: Heb. be one our 12:17 wrong: or, violence Tt 12:18 
came...: Heb. clothed #44 12:19 to the...: Heb. on our heads §§§ 12:21 against...: or, with a band x 12:23 bands: or, captains, 


or, men: Heb. heads t 12:24 armed: or, prepared 


1 Chronicles 12:30 334 1 Chronicles 14:7 


Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.*8 
30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous 
throughout the house of their fathers.** 31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which 
were expressed by name, to come and make David king. 32 And of the children of Issachar, which were 
men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were 
two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth 
to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were 
not of double heart.tt##88 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and 
spear thirty and seven thousand. 3° And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and 
six hundred. 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.” * 37 And on 
the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with 
all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these men of 
war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and 
all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. 39 And there they were with David three 
days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. 4° Moreover they that were nigh 
them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on 
mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, 


and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.ttt 


1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And 
David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD 
our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and 
with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather 
themselves unto us:*t 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in 
the days of Saul.¥ 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in 
the eyes of all the people. >So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the 
entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. ® And David went up, and all Israel, to 
Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, 
that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. 7 And they carried the ark of God ina 
new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.§ 8 And David and all Israel 
played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with 
timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.** 

9q And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; 
for the oxen stumbled.tt## 10 and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote 
him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. !! And David was displeased, 
because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this 
day.88 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 
13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house 
of Obed-edom the Gittite.*** 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house 
three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. 


14 
1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and 
carpenters, to build him an house. ? And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king 
over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. 
3q And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat 
more sons and daughters.” 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; 
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, © And Nogah, and 


Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.t 





t 12:29 kindred: Heb. brethren 8 12:29 the greatest... Heb. a multitude of them oe 12:30 famous: Heb. men of names 
tt 12:33 expert...: or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle #4 12:33 keep...: or, set the battle in array §§ 19:33 not... Heb. 
without a heart anda heart nak 12:36 expert: or, keeping their rank tit 12:40 meat...: or, victual of meal e 13:2 send...: Heb. 
break forth andsend 13:2 in their...: Heb. in the cities of their suburbs # 13:3 bring...: Heb. bring about 8 13:7 carried... 
Heb. made the ark to ride te 13:8 singing: Heb. songs tt 13:9 Chidon: also called Nachon + 13:9 stumbled: or, shook it 


BRK * 
88 13:11 Perez-uzza: that is, The breach of Uzza 13:13 brought: Heb. removed 14:3 more: Heb. yet t 14:7 Beeliada: 
also called, Eliada 


1 Chronicles 14:8 335 1 Chronicles 15:28 


8 q And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines 
went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. ? And the Philistines came 
and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 1° And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up 
against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go 
up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. ! So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them 
there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth 
of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.* 12 And when they had left their 
gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. 13 And the Philistines yet 
again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said 
unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry 
trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that 
then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon 
even to Gazer.S 17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him 
upon all nations. 


1S 
1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched 
for ita tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the 


LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.” 3 And David gathered all Israel 
together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 
4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, 
and his brethren an hundred and twenty:t 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren 
two hundred and twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and 
thirty: 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 9 Of the sons of 
Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 1° Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and 
his brethren an hundred and twelve. !! And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for 
the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 1? And said unto them, Ye 
are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may 
bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 For because ye 
did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the 
due order. 14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God 
of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves 
thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. !¢ And David spake to the chief of 
the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps 
and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of 
Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the 
son of Kushaiah; !8 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and 
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, 
and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, 
were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; 2° And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and 
Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 21 And Mattithiah, 
and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to 
excel.+ 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because 
he was skilful.8** 23 and Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and 
Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow 
with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. 

25 d So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of 
the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God 
helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and 
seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and 
the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod 
of linen.tt 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with 
sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 





* 
+ 14:11 Baal-perazim: that is, A place of breaches § 14:16 Gibeon: also called, Geba 15:2 None...: Heb. It is not to carry the 
ark of God, but for the Levites t 15:5 brethren: or, kinsmen t 15:21 on the...: or, on the eighth to oversee § 15:22 was for...: 


aK 
or, was for the carriage: he instructed about the carriage 15:22 song: Heb. lifting up tt 15:27 song: or, carriage 


1 Chronicles 15:29 336 1 Chronicles 16:43 


29q And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal 
the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised 
him in her heart. 


16 


1So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and 
they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of 
offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 
3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good 
piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 


4q And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, 
and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, 
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with 
psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;* 6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the 
priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 


7q Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his 
brethren. 8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. !°Glory ye in his holy name: 
let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 1! Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face 
continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of 
his mouth; }3 0 ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is the LORD 
our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which 
he commanded to a thousand generations; 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of 
his oath unto Isaac; !7 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting 
covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;t 19 When ye 
were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.* 20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from 
one kingdom to another people; 2! He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for 
their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 Sing unto the LORD, 
all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. ?4 Declare his glory among the heathen; his 
marvellous works among all nations. 25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to 
be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 
27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. 28 Give unto the LORD, 
ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 29 Give unto the LORD the glory due 
unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 31 Let the heavens 
be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. 32 Let the 
sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees 
of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. 340 give 
thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of 
our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy 
holy name, and glory in thy praise. 3° Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the 
people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 

37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister 
before the ark continually, as every day’s work required: 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, 
threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: 39 And Zadok the 
priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at 
Gibeon, 4° To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually 
morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he 
commanded Israel;§ 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were 
expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 42 And with them 
Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical 


instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.” 43 And all the people departed every man 
to his house: and David returned to bless his house. 





* 
16:5 with psalteries...: Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps t 16:18 the lot: Heb. the cord + 16:19 few, even: Heb. 


ct 
men of number, etc § 16:40 morning...: Heb. in the morning, and in the evening 16:42 porters: Heb. for the gate 


1 Chronicles 17:1 337 1 Chronicles 18:6 


17 
1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in 
an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. Then Nathan 
said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 
3q And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4Go and tell 
David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For I have not 
dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, 


and from one tabernacle to another.” 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any 
of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an 
house of cedars? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over 


my people Israel:t 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all 

thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are 

in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell 

in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any 

more, as at the beginning, 1° And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. 

Moroes I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an 
ouse. 

11 q And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, 
that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and 1 will establish his kingdom. 12He 
shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 131 will be his father, and he shall be 
my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: !4But 
I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for 
evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto 
David. 

16 q And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am 1,O LORD God, and what 
is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, 
O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded 
me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. 18 What can David speak more to 
thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 190 LORD, for thy servant’s sake, 
and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great 


things. 200 LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that 
we have heard with our ears. 2! And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God 
went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out 
nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 22 For thy people Israel didst 
thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23 Therefore now, LORD, 
let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established 
for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for 
ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy 
servant be established before thee. 25 For thou, 0 my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build 
him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.§ 26 And now, LORD, 
thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 2” Now therefore let it please thee to 
bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it 


shall be blessed for ever.** 


18 

1Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath 
and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became 
David's servants, and brought gifts. 

3q And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by 
the river Euphrates.” 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, 
and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an 
hundred chariots.t 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David 


slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.* 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and 





* 
17:5 have gone: Heb. have been t 17:7 from following: Heb. from after # 17:19 great...: Heb. greatnesses § 17:25 hast..: 


aK * 
Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant 17:27 let...: or, it hath pleased thee 18:3 Hadarezer: or, Hadadezer tf 18:4 


$ 


seven...: or, seven hundred 18:5 Damascus: Heb. Darmesek 


1 Chronicles 18:7 338 1 Chronicles 19:16 


the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever 
he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them 
to Jerusalem. 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much 
brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.8 

9q Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of 
Zobah;** 1° He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, 
because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with 


him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. tt##88*** 

11 q Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought 
from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the 
Philistines, and from Amalek. !2 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley 
of salt eighteen thousand.ttt 

13q And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD 
preserved David whithersoever he went. 

14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 5 And 
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.t## 16 And Zadok 
the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;S$8* 
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David 
were chief about the king.t 


19 

1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son 
reigned in his stead. 2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his 
father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So 
the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But 
the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, 
that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to 
overthrow, and to spy out the land?” 4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and 
cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went 
certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly 
ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 

6q And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun 
and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of 
Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.t 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand 
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the 
children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. § And when 
David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. ? And the children of Ammon came 
out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by 
themselves in the field. !© Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, 


he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.*§ 11 And the rest of 
the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against 


the children of Ammon.” 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: 
but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and 
let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that 
which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians 
unto the battle; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians 
were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to 
erusalem. 
: 16q And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, 
and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of 





§ 18:8 Tibhath...: called in the book of Samuel Betah, and Berothai = 18:9 Tou: also called, Toi tt 18:10 Hadoram: also called, 
Joram +t 18:10 to enquire...: or, to salute §§ 18:10 to congratulate: Heb. to bless iia 18:10 had war: Heb. was the man of 
wars ttt 18:12 Abishai: Heb. Abshai #44 18:15 recorder: or, remembrancer §8§ 18:16 Abimelech: also called, Ahimelech 
‘i 18:16 Shavsha: also called Seraiah or Shisha t 18:17 about...: Heb. at the hand of the king 19:3 Thinkest...: Heb. In thine 
eyes doth David, etc t 19:6 odious: Heb. to stink t 19:10 the battle...: Heb. the face of the battle was § 19:10 choice: or, 
young men se 19:11 Abishai: Heb. Abshai 


1 Chronicles 19:17 339 1 Chronicles 21:15 


Hadarezer went before them.tt## 17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over 
Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle 
in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew 
of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed 
Shophach the captain of the host. !9 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the 
worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians 
help the children of Ammon any more. 


20 

1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led 
forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged 
Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.” 2 And David took 
the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious 
stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the 
city.t 3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, 
and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the 
people returned to Jerusalem. 

4q And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which 
time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were 


subdued.t8**1t 5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi 


the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.## 6 And yet again there 
was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on 


each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.8§*** 7 But when he defied Israel, 


Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.ttt### 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; 
and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 


21 

1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab 
and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number 
of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times 
so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth 
my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king’s 
word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to 

erusalem. 
; 5 q And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a 
thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred 
threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. ® But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among 
them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab. 

7 And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.” 8 And David said unto God, I 
have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of 
thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 

9q And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying, !° Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the 
LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.t 11S0 Gad came 
to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee* !?Either three years’ famine; or three 
months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or 
else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD 
destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring 
again to him that sent me. 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the 
hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.8 

14q So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15 And 
God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he 





tt 19:16 river: that is, Euphrates +t 19:16 Shophach: also called, Shobach 20:1 after...: Heb. at the return of the year if 20:2 
to weigh: Heb. the weight of + 20:4 arose: or, continued: Heb. stood 8 20.4 Gezer: also called, Gob = 20:4 Sippai: also 
called, Saph tt 20:4 the giant: or, Rapha #4 20:5 Jair: also called, Jaare-oregim 88 20:6 great...: Heb. measure ae 20:6 
the son...: Heb. born to the giant, or, Rapha ttt 20:7 defied: or, reproached Ht 20:7 Shimea: also called Shammah x 21:7 
And...: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of the LORD concerning this thing t 21:10 offer: Heb. stretch out t 21:11 Choose...: Heb. 


Taketothee 8 21:13 very great: or, very many 


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repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And 


the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.** 16 And David lifted up 
his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn 
sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed 
in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 1” And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people 
to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have 
they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not 
on thy people, that they should be plagued. 

18 q Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set 
up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the 
saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. 2° And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; 
and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.tt 21 and as David came 
to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David 
with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that 
I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague 
may be stayed from the people.*# 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the 
king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing 
instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. 24And king David said to Ornan, 
Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor 
offer burnt offerings without cost. 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold 
by weight. 26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace 
offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt 
offering. 27 And the LORD commanded 

the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 

28 q At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan 
the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the 
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. 3° But 
David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of 
the LORD. 


1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for 
Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he 
set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance 
for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 
5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD 
must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make 
preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. 

6 q Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. 
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of 
the LORD my God: 8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, 
and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much 
blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; 
and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will 
give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.” 19 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall 
be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, 
as he hath said of thee. 12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge 
concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. !3 Then shalt thou prosper, if 
thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning 
Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have 
prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand 
talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone 


have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.t 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, 





ok 
21:15 Ornan: also called, Araunah tt 21:20 And Ornan...: or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four 
* 
sons with him hid themselves *# 21:22 Grant: Heb. Give 22:9 Solomon: that is, Peaceable t 22:14 trouble: or, poverty 


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hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.* 
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, 
and the LORD be with thee. 

17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, !8Is not the LORD 
your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of 
the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. 19 Now set 
your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the 
LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house 
that is to be built to the name of the LORD. 


1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 

2q And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the 
Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man 
by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the 


work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:” 5 Moreover four thousand 
were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, 
to praise therewith. © And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, 
Kohath, and Merari.t 

7q Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.t 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and 
Zetham, and Joel, three. ? The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were 
the chief of the fathers of Laadan. 1° And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. 
These four were the sons of Shimei.8 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and 
Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.** 

12 q The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and 
Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for 
ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. 14 Now 
concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses were, 
Gershom, and Eliezer. 16Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.tt 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, 
Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.*#8§ 
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.*** 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the 
second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 2° Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and 
Jesiah the second. 

21q The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 22 And Eleazar died, 
and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.ttt 23 The sons of 
Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 

24 q These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they 
were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the 
LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given 
rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:*#* 26 And also unto the Levites; they 
shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For by the last words 
of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:8$§ 28 Because their office was to 
wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, 
and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;* 29 Both for the 
shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is 
baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;t 3° And to stand 
every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; 3! And to offer all burnt sacrifices 
unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the 
order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD: 32 And that they should keep the charge 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of 
Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD. 





t 22:15 workers...: that is, masons and carpenters 5 23:4 set...: or, oversee t 23:6 courses: Heb. divisions t 23:7 Laadan: or, 
Libni 8 23:10 Zina: or, Zizah a 23:11 had...: Heb. did not multiply sons tt 23:16 Shebuel: also called, Shubael +t 23:17 
the chief: or, the first 88 93:17 very many: Heb. highly multiplied Od: 23:18 Shelomith: also called, Shelomoth ttt 23:22 
brethren: or, kinsmen $44 23:25 that...: or, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem, etc §§§ 23:27 numbered: Heb. number 7 23:28 


their...: Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron t 23:29 pan: or, flat plate 


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1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and 
Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and 
Ithamar executed the priest’s office. 3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, 
and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. 4 And there were more 
chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among 
the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of 
Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. > Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; 
for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and 
of the sons of Ithamar. ® And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them 
before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before 
the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and 
one taken for Ithamar.” 7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 The third to 
Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ? The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, !°The seventh to Hakkoz, 
the eighth to Abijah, 11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the 
twelfth to Jakim, 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, !4 The fifteenth to Bilgah, 
the sixteenth to Immer, } The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, 16 The nineteenth to 
Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to 
Gamul, 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 19 These were the 
orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, 
under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. 

20q And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; 
Jehdeiah.t 21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 22 Of the Izharites; 
Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.+ 23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the 
second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; 
Shamir. 25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. 2° The sons of Merari 
were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. 

274 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, 
who had no sons. 2? Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 3° The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, 
and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. 31 These 
likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and 
Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers 
over against their younger brethren. 


1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated 

to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with 
harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service 
was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under 


the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.*t 3 of Jeduthun: the sons of 
Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their 
father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.* 4 Of Heman: 
the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, 
Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:§** 5 All these were the 
sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen 
sons and three daughters.tt © All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of 
the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the 
king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.** 7So the number of them, with their brethren that were 
instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 

8q And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and 
sons were twelve: 1°The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 11 The fourth to 
Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 14 The seventh to 
Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his 





* 
24:6 principal...: Heb. house of the father t 24:20 Shubael: also called, Shebuel t 24:22 Shelomoth: also called, Shelomith 
25:2 Asarelah: otherwise called Jesharelah t 25:2 according...: Heb. by the hands of the king # 25:3 Zeri: or, Izri S 95.4 


Uzziel: also called, Azareel * 25:4 Shebuel: also called, Shubael tt 25:5 words: or, matters + 25:6 according...: Heb. by 
the hands of the king 


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brethren, were twelve: 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 17 The 
tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve: !9 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 2°The 
thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 2! The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve: 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 24 The seventeenth 
to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve: 26The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 28 The one and twentieth to 
Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 2? The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve: 3° The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. 


26 

1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the 
sons of Asaph."t 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, 
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 
4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, 
and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the 
eighth: for God blessed him.* 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout 
the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. 7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and 
Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 8 All these of the 
sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were 
threescore and two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 
10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, 
yet his father made him the chief;) 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all 
the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even 
among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. 

13 q And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for 


every gate.S 14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, 
they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.** 15To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the 


house of Asuppim.tt 16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, 
by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, 
southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. 18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, 
and two at Parbar. 19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons 
of Merari. 

20 q And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of 
the dedicated things.** 21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief 
fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.88*** 22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his 
brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. 23 0f the Amramites, and the Izharites, 
the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: 24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler 
of the treasures. 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram 
his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all 
the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over 
thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. 27 Out of the spoils won in battles 
did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.tTt 28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the 
son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had 
dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. 

29 q Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers 
and judges. 3° And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven 
hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the 
LORD, and in the service of the king.+## 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the 
Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they 
were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. 32 And his 





* 26:1 Meshelemiah: also called, Shelemiah t 26:1 Asaph: also called, Ebiasaph t 26:5 him: that is, Obed-edom § 26:13 as 
well...: or, as well for the small as for the great sid 26:14 Shelemiah: also called Meshelemiah tt 26:15 Asuppim: Heb. gatherings 
+H 26:20 dedicated...: Heb. holy things S§ 96:21 Laadan: also called, Libni ia 26:21 Jehieli: also called, Jehiel Tt 26:27 
spoils...: Heb. battles and spoils Ht 26:30 officers...: Heb. over the charge 


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brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made 
rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to 


God, and affairs of the king.$8§ 


1Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands 
and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and 
went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and 
four thousand. 2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his 
course were twenty and four thousand. 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the 
host for the first month. 4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his 
course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.” 5 The third 
captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand.t 6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the 
thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel 
the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 
8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and 
four thousand. ° The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in 
his course were twenty and four thousand. !° The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez 
the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ! The 
eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were 
twenty and four thousand. 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abi-ezer the Anetothite, of the 
Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month 
was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. !4The 
eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and 
in his course were twenty and four thousand. 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai 
the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.* 

16q Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of 
the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the 
Aaronites, Zadok: 18 0f Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:§ 
19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: 2° Of the children 
of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 2! Of the 
half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 2? Of 
Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. 

23 q But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD 
had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to 
number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put 


in the account of the chronicles of king David.** 

25 q And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the 
fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 26 And 
over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27 And over 
the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was 
Zabdi the Shiphmite:tt 28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains 
was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 29 And over the herds that fed in 
Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of 
Adlai: 3° Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: 
31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king 
David’s. 32 Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son 
of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:*#88 33 And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai 
the Archite was the king’s companion: 34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and 
Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab. 


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1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the 
companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains 





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8 P Pi 

Heled § 27:18 Elihu: also called, Eliab os 27:24 was: Heb. ascended tt 27:27 over the increase...: Heb. over that which was 


of the vineyards +t 27:32 scribe: or, secretary 8§ 27:32 son...: or, Hachmonite 


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over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, 


with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.*t# 2Then 
David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had 
in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of 
our God, and had made ready for the building: 3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house 
for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit the LORD God of 
Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen 
Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my 
father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me 
many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over 
Israel. © And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have 
chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if 


he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.” 8 Now therefore in the 
sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for 
all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an 
inheritance for your children after you for ever. 

9q And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart 
and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations 
of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee 
off for ever. 1° Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be 
strong, and do it. 

11 q Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and 
of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and 
of the place of the mercy seat, 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the 
house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of 
the treasuries of the dedicated things:tT 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for 
all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of 
the LORD. He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; 
silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: 5 Even 
the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, 
and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and 
also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for 
the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17 Also pure gold for 
the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every 
bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold 
by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and 
covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in 
writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 2° And David said to Solomon his son, 
Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, 
will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the 
service of the house of the LORD. 2 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they 
shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of 
workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people 
will be wholly at thy commandment. 


29 

1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath 
chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD 
God. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made 
of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, 
and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, 
and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. 3 Moreover, because I have set 
my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have 
given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, 4 Even three 
thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay 





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constant: Heb. strong tt 28:12 of all that...: Heb. of all that was with him 


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the walls of the houses withal: 5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all 
manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service 


this day unto the LORD?” 

6 q Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands 
and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly, 7 And gave for the service of the 
house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, 
and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. § And they with 
whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of 
Jehiel the Gershonite. Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect 
heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 

10q Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, 
LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 1! Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and 
the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is 
the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, 
and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, 
and to give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 
14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for 
all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.t¥ 15 For we are strangers before thee, and 
sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.8 
16Q LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name 
cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 171 know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast 
pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these 


things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.** 
180 LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the 
thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:tT 19 And give unto Solomon 
my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all 
these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. 

20q And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation 
blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and 
the king. 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, 
on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with 
their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 22 And did eat and drink before the 
LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, 
and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 

23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; 
and all Israel obeyed him. 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king 
David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.+# 25 And the LORD magnified 

Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not 
been on any king before him in Israel. 

26 q Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 2” And the time that he reigned over Israel 
was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 
28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his 
stead. 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel 
the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, S$ 30 With all his reign 


and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the 
countries. 





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The Second Book of the Chronicles 


1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with 
him, and magnified him exceedingly. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands 
and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 3 So 
Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was 
the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the 
wilderness. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had 
prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel 
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and 
the congregation sought unto it.” © And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, 
which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 

7q In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And 
Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to 
reign in his stead. Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou 
hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.t 1° Give me now wisdom and 
knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is 
so great? !! And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, 
wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom 
and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: 
12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, 
such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have 
the like. 

13. q Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from 
before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14 And Solomon gathered chariots 
and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, 
which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and 
gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in 
the vale for abundance.* 16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s 
merchants received the linen yarn at a price.8 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt 
a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they 


out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.”™ 


2 

1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his 
kingdom. ? And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore 
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 

3q And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, 
and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.” 4Behold, I build 
an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, 
and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, 
and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to 
Israel.t 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. © But who is able to 
build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that 
I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?* 7 Send me now therefore a man 
cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, 
and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom 
David my father did provide.$ §Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for 
I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy 
servants, 9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall 
be wonderful great.tt 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty 





7 1:5 he put: or, was there t 1:9 like...: Heb. much as the dust of the earth t 1:15 made: Heb. gave § 1:16 solomon...: Heb. 
the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s ve 1:17 means: Heb. hand i 2:3 Huram: or, Hiram t 2:4 sweet...: Heb. 
incense of spices t 2:6 is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength 8 27 to grave: Heb. to grave gravings a 2:8 algum: 
also called, almuggim tt 2:9 wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful 


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thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand 
baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 

11q Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD 
hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. !2 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD 
God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with 
prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.** 
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, }4The son 
of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in 
silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; 
also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy 
cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and 
the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 16 And 
we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by 

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sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.S$§ 

17q And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering 
wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand 
and three thousand and six hundred.ttt 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be 


bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six 
hundred overseers to set the people a work. 


3 

1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LorD 
appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan 
the Jebusite.*t 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of 
his reign. 

3 q Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. 
The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.* 
4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the 
house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure 
gold. 5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon 
palm trees and chains. © And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold 
was gold of Parvaim.S 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and 
the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. 8 And he made the most holy house, 
the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof 
twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of 
the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 

10 And inthe most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold."* 

11q And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five 
cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the 
wing of the other cherub. 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of 
the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings 
of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces 
were inward.tt 

14q And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims 
thereon.#* 15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter 
that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.$§ 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and 
put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 
17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and 


called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz." * ttt 





+ 2:12 endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding 8§ 2:16 as much...: Heb according to all thy need ae 2:16 
Joppa: Heb. Japho ttt 2:17 the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers a 3:1 where...: or, which was seen of David his father 

3:1 Ornan: also called, Araunah t 3:3 instructed: Heb. founded § 3:6 garnished: Heb. covered = 3:10 image...: or, (as 
some think) of moveable work ac 3:13 inward: or, toward the house +4 3:14 wrought: Heb. caused to ascend 8§ 3:15 high: 
Heb. long casi 3:17 Jachin: that is, He shall establish ttt 3:17 Boaz: that is, In it is strength 


2 Chronicles 4:1 349 2 Chronicles 5:9 


4 
1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth 
thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 
2q Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the 


height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.” 3 And under it was the similitude 
of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows 
of oxen were cast, when it was cast. “It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and 
three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: 
and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 5 And the thickness of it 
was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it 
received and held three thousand baths.t 

6 q He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such 
things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to 


wash in.* 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, 
five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, 
five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.8 

9 q Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and 
overlaid the doors of them with brass. 1° And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over 
against the south. 

11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he 


was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;** tT 12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and 
the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels 
of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; 13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two 
wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which 
were upon the pillars.t¥ 14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;$$ 15 One sea, and 
twelve oxen under it. 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, 


did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass."** 17In the 
plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.ttt 18Thus 
Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. 

19q And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the 
tables whereon the shewbread was set; 2° Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should 
burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 2! And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, 
made he of gold, and that perfect gold;*## 22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the 
censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and 


the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.S8§ 


1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon 
brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the 
instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 

2q Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the 
fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of 
the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king 
in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took 
up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy 
vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. ° Also king Solomon, 
and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and 
oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the 
covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the 
wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the 
cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. ? And they drew out the staves of the ark, that 
the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And 





. 4:2 from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim t 4:5 with flowers...: or, like a lilyflower # 4:6 such...: Heb. the work of burnt 
offering § 4:8 basons: or, bowls > 4:11 basons: or, bowls tt 4:11 finished: Heb. finished to make + 4:13 upon: 
Heb. upon the face of 88 4:14 lavers: or, caldrons es 4:16 bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured tit 4:17 clay...: Heb. 
thicknesses of the ground Ht 4:21 perfect...: Heb. perfections of gold S88 4:9 basons: or, bowls 


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there it is unto this day.” 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at 


Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.t 
11q And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were 


present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:* 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all 
of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white 
linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an 
hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and 
singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they 
lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, 
saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even 
the house of the LORD; 4 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for 
the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. 


1Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have 
built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his 
face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he 
said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his 
mouth to my father David, saying, > Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of 
Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; 
neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: © But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my 
name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of 
David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8But the LORD said to David 
my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that 
it was in thine heart: 9? Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come 
forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. !9The LORD therefore hath performed his 
word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of 
Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11 And 
in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. 

12q And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, 
and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five 
cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and 
kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward 
heaven,” 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; 
which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their 
hearts: 15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; 
and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 1° Now therefore, O 
LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, 
There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children 
take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.t 17 Now then, O LORD God of 
Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 18 But will God in very 
deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; 
how much less this house which I have built! 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, 
and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant 
prayeth before thee: 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place 
whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy 
servant prayeth toward this place.* 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and 
of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even 
from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.8** 

22 q If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the 
oath come before thine altar in this house;tt 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy 
servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the 
righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. 





* * 
5:9 there...: or, they are there it 5:10 when the LORD: or, where, etc t 5:11 present: Heb. found 6:13 long...: Heb. the 
length thereof, etc t 6:16 There...: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off + 6:20 toward...: or, in this place § 6:21 make: Heb. 


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pray 6:21 toward...: or, in this place tt 6:22 and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him 


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24q And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against 
thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this 
house;##8§ 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring 
them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 

26 q When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet 
if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict 
them;*** 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, 
when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, 
which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 

28 q If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or 
caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever 
sickness there be:ttt 29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of 
all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth 
his hands in this house:¥##88§ 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and 
render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest 
the hearts of the children of men:) 3! That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live 
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers." t 

32 ¢ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far 
country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come 
and pray in this house;* 33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do 
according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, 
and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by 
thy name.§ 34If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, 
and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built 
for thy name; 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain 
their cause.” 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry 
with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land 
far off or near;'t 37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and 
turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and 
have dealt wickedly;¥* 38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land 
of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou 
gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I 
have built for thy name: 39Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer 
and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against 
thee.8§ 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the 
prayer that is made in this place.*** 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, 
and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints 
rejoice in goodness. 420 LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies 
of David thy servant. 


1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed 
the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could 
not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house. 
3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the 
house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, 
and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 

4q Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 5 And king Solomon offered 
a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king 
and all the people dedicated the house of God. * And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also 





+ 6:24 be put...: or, be smitten §§ 6:24 in: or, toward ae 6:26 toward...: or, in this place ttt 6:28 in the cities...: Heb. in 
the land of their gates Ht 6:29 in: or, toward S88 6:29 toward... or, in this place . 6:31 so long...: Heb. all the days which 
t 6:31 in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land + 6:32 toward...: or, in this place § 6:33 this...: Heb. thy name is called upon 
this house a 6:35 cause: or, right tt 6:36 they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away 
+H 6:37 bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart S88 6:39 cause: or, right one 6:40 unto...: Heb. to the prayer of this place 


2 Chronicles 7:7 352 2 Chronicles 8:11 


with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because 
his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets 
before them, and all Israel stood.” 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was 
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, 
because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the 
meat offerings, and the fat. 

8q Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great 
congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. ° And in the eighth day they 
made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.t 
10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, 
glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and 
to Israel his people. 1! Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house: and all that 
came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously 
effected. 

12q And the LORD appeared 

to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to 
myself for an house of sacrifice. !3If1 shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if 1 command the locusts 
to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my 
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then 
will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.* 15 Now mine eyes shall 


be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.§ 16 For now have I chosen 
and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be 
there perpetually. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do 
according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; !8Then 
will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, 


There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.** 1° But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes 
and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship 
them; 2° Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, 
which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a 
byword among all nations. 2! And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that 
passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 
22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them 
forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: 
therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. 


8 

1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, 
and his own house, ? That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and 
caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed 
against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 
5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and 
bars; © And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities 
of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired 

to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.” 

7q As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the 
Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, 8 But of their children, who were left after them in 
the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this 
day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of 
war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. 1° And these were the chief 
of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 

11 q And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that 
he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because 


the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.t 





i 7:6 by their...: Heb. by their hand t 7:9 a solemn...: Heb. a restraint # 7:14 which...: Heb. upon whom my name is called 
* 

§ 7:15 unto...: Heb. to the prayer of this place _ 7:18 There...: Heb. There shall not be cut off to thee 8:6 all that...: Heb. all 

the desire of Solomon which he desired to build t 8:11 holy: Heb. holiness 


2 Chronicles 8:12 353 2 Chronicles 9:21 


12q Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had 
built before the porch, !3 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment 
of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, 
even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 

14q And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to 
their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty 
of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of 
God commanded.* 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests 
and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was 
prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the 
house of the LORD was perfected. 

17 q Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.§ 18 And 
Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and 
they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of 
gold, and brought them to king Solomon. 


1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard 
questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, 
and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in 
her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which 
he told her not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that 
he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his 
ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went 
up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.” 5 And she said to the king, It was a 
true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:t* * Howbeit I believed 
not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness 
of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and 
happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed 
be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy 
God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, 
to do judgment and justice. 9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of 
spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba 
gave king Solomon. 1° And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought 
gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.S 11 And the king made of the algum trees 
terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and 
there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.”* 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of 
Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she 
turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 

13 ¢ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and 
six talents of gold; 14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia 
and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. tt 

15q And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold 
went to one target. !© And three hundred shields made he of beaten 

gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the 
forest of Lebanon. !7 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 
18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, 
and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:** 19 And twelve lions 
stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any 
kingdom. 

20q And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the 
forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of 


Solomon.$8*** 21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years 





* 

t 8:14 so had David...: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God § 8:17 Eloth: also called, Elath 9:4 cupbearers: 
aK 

or, butlers t 9:5 report: Heb. word + 9:5 acts: or, sayings § 9:10 algum...: also called, almug trees 9:11 terraces: or, 


‘ . tt : $+ §§ 240k 
stairs: Heb. highways 9:14 governors: or, captains 9:18 stays: Heb. hands 9:20 pure: Heb. shut up 9:20 
none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them 


2 Chronicles 9:22 354 2 Chronicles 11:1 


once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.ttt 22 And 
king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 

23 q And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had 
put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and 
raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 

25q And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; 
whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 

26 q And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the 
border of Egypt.*## 27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the 


sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.8§§ 28 And they brought unto Solomon horses 
out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 

29 q Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan 
the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against 


Jeroboam the son of Nebat?* 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And 
Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his 
son reigned in his stead. 


1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2 And 
it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the 
presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned 

out of Egypt. ? And they sent and called him. SoJeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, 
saying, 4Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude 
of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. > And he said unto them, 
Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 

6 q And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father 
while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? 7 And they spake 
unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, 
they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took 
counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. ° And he said unto 
them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, 
Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 1° And the young men that were brought 
up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, 
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto 
them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke 
upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with 
scorpions.” 

12S0 Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come 
again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the 
counsel of the old men, ! And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father 
made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised 

you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: 
for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah 
the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

16 q And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the 
king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every 
man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. 
17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18Then 
king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with 


stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.t 
19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 


11 
1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin 
an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he 





* 
9:21 ivory: or, elephants’ teet 9:26 river: that is, Euphrates 9:27 made silver: Heb. gave silver 9:29 book: 
ttt y: or,elephants’ teeth *#4 h ph §§§ de silver: Heb. gave sil book 
* 
Heb. words 10:11 my father put: Heb. my father laded t 10:18 made speed: Heb. strengthened himself 


2 Chronicles 11:2 355 2 Chronicles 12:13 


might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. ? But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man 
of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and 
Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return 
every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and 
returned from going against Jeroboam. 

5 q And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. ® He built even Beth- 
lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and 
Ziph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 1° And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in 
Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, 
and store of victual, and of oil and wine. !2 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and 
made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. 

13q And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.” !4For 
the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and 
his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD: 15 And he ordained him 
priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 1° And after them 
out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, 
to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and 
made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of 
David and Solomon. 

18q And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail 
the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 9 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 
20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, 
and Shelomith.t 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and 
his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight 
sons, and threescore daughters.) 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be 
ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all 
his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave 
them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.* 


1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, 
he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year 
of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed 
against the LORD, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people 
were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 

5 q Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered 
together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken 
me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. © Whereupon the princes of Israel and 
the king humbled 

themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. 7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled 
themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore 
I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out 


upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.* 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know 
my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against 
Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; 
he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. !° Instead of which king 
Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept 
the entrance of the king’s house. !! And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard 
came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 12 And when he humbled 
himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also 
in Judah things went well.t 

13. q So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and 
forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which 





* 
11:13 resorted...: Heb. presented themselves to him t 11:20 Maachah: she is also called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel t 11:23 


* 
many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives 12:7 some: or, a little while t 12:12 and also...: or, and yet in Judah there were good 
things 


2 Chronicles 12:14 356 2 Chronicles 14:5 


the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was 
Naamah an Ammonitess. 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.* 
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, 
and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam 
continually.$ 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah 
his son reigned in his stead.** 


13 


1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned three 
years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there 
was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant 
men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against 
him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.” 

4q And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, 
thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom 
over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? © Yet Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves 
against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not 
withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of 
David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for 
gods. 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made 
you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate 


himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 19But 
as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the 
LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 11 And they burn unto the LORD 
every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in 
order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: 
for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. !? And, behold, God himself is 
with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of 
Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 

13 q But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, 
and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before 
and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. !5 Then the 
men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam 
and all Israel before Abijah andJudah. !6 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered 
them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down 
slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at 
that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 
19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and 
Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. 2° Neither did Jeroboam recover 

strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. 

21 q But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and 
sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in 
the story of the prophet Iddo. 


14 


1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned 
in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in 
the eyes of the LORD his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, 
and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:* 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God 
of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. ° Also he took away out of all the cities of 
Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.t 





ct * 
+ 12:14 prepared: or, fixed § 12:15 book: Heb. words 12:16 Abijah: also called, Abijam 13:3 Abijah set: Heb. Abijah 


* 
bound together t 13:9 to consecrate...: Heb. to fill his hand 14:3 images: Heb. statues t 14:5 images: Heb. sun images 


2 Chronicles 14:6 357 2 Chronicles 15:19 


6 q And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; 
because the LORD had given him rest. 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and 
make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have 
sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built 
and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred 
thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: 
all these were mighty men of valour. 


9q And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and 
three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 1° Then Asa went out against him, and they set the 
battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. !! And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and 
said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help 
us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art 
our God; let not man prevail against thee.* 12So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before 
Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: 
and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed 
before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.$ 14 And they smote all 
the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; 
for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away 
sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. 


15 


1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and 
said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with 
him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.” 3 Now for 
a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 
4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found 
of them. 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but 
great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. © And nation was destroyed of nation, 
and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.t 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your 
hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 


8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put 
away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he 
had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the 
LORD.* 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and 
Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the 
LORD his God was with him. 1° So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, 
in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 1! And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil 
which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.S 12 And they entered into 
a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; }3 That 
whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, 
whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and 
with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all 
their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave 
them rest round about. 

16 q And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, 
because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the 
brook Kidron.**tt 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of 
Asa was perfect all his days. 

18 q And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he 
himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and 
thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. 





* 

# 14:11 man: or, mortal man § 14:13 destroyed: Heb. broken 15:2 to meet...: Heb. before Asa t 15:6 destroyed: Heb. 
aK 

beaten in pieces # 15:8 abominable...: Heb. abominations 8 15:11 the same...: Heb. in that day 15:16 mother: that is, 

grandmother tt 15:16 idol: Heb. horror 


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16 
1! the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and 
built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2Then Asa 
brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, 


and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,” 3 There is a league between me 
and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, 
break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened 
unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and 
Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.t 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard 
it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. Then Asa the king took all Judah; and 
they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and 
he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 

7q And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou 
hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king 
of Syria escaped out of thine hand. ® Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very 
many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine 
hand.* For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong 
in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore 
from henceforth thou shalt have wars.8 1° Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison 
house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the 
same time.” 

11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah 
and Israel. 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease 
was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 

13.q And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they 
buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in 
the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: 
and they made a very great burning for him.tt 


17 
1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2? And he 
placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities 
of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked 


in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;* 4 But sought to the LorD God of 
his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. 5 Therefore the LORD 
stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought 

to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance. ¢ And his heart was lifted up 


in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.+ 

7q Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to 
Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. 8 And with them he sent 
Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, 
and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. 
9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about 
throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. 

10q And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, 
so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.§ 1 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat 
presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred 
rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 

12q And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.”* 
13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in 
Jerusalem. !4 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the 
captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 





* 

16:2 Damascus: Heb. Darmesek t 16:4 his: Heb. which were his t 16:8 a huge: Heb. in abundance § 16:9 to shew... or, 
aK * 

strongly to hold with them, etc 16:10 oppressed: Heb. crushed tt 16:14 had made: Heb. had digged 17:3 of...: or, of 


a 
his father, and of David t 17:5 brought: Heb. gave # 17:6 was...: that is, was encouraged S 17:10 fell: Heb. was 17:12 
castles: or, palaces 


2 Chronicles 17:15 359 2 Chronicles 18:29 


15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.*t 
16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with 
him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, 
and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Jehozabad, 
and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the 
king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. 


18 

1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. ? And after 
certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, 
and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.* 3 And 
Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And 
he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 

4q And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 
5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, 
Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it 
into the king’s hand. © But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we 
might enquire of him?t 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom 
we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: 
the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of 
Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.*8 9 And the king of 
Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they 
sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before 
them.** 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the 
LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.t 11 And all the prophets prophesied 

so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the 
king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the 
prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of 
theirs, and speak thou good.#* 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, 
that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go 
to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be 
delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou 
say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? !¢Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered 
upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let 
them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 
Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?8§ 18 Again he said, Therefore 
hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting 

upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the 
LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one 
spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 2° Then there came out a spirit, 
and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 
21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lorp said, 
Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the 
LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against 
thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, 
Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, 
thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself."** 25 Then the 
king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash 
the king’s son; 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread 
of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly 
return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. 

28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And the king 
of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy 





* 

tt 17:15 next...: Heb. at his hand 18:2 after...: Heb. at the end of years t 18:6 besides: Heb. yet, or, more + 18:8 officers: 
RK 

or, eunuchs § 18:8 Fetch...: Heb. Hasten 18:9 void...: or, floor tt 18:10 they...: Heb. thou consume them + 18:12 


KK 
with...: Heb. with one mouth §§ 18:17 but evil: or, but for evil 18:24 into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber 
in a chamber 


2 Chronicles 18:30 360 2 Chronicles 20:12 


robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 3° Now the king of Syria 
had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or 
great, save only with the king of Israel. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw 
Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but 
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 3 For it 
came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they 


turned back again from pursuing him.ttT 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the 
king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, 


that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.*##8$§S* 34 And the battle increased that 
day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and 
about the time of the sun going down he died. 


1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. ? And Jehu the 
son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the 
ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. 
3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the 
land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went 
out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the 
LORD God of their fathers.” 

5 q And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, © And said to 
the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the 
judgment.t 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no 
iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 

8 q Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief 
of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to 
Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with 
a perfect heart. 1° And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, 
between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn 
them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: 
this do, and ye shall not trespass. '! And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of 
the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: 


also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.* 
20 


1It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with 
them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. Then there came some that 
told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this 
side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and 


set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” 4 And Judah gathered 
themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the 
LORD. 

5 q And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, 
before the new court, © And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest 
not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that 
none is able to withstand thee? 7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land 
before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?t 8 And they dwelt 
therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, 
as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for 
thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 1° And 
now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel 
invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 
11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us 
to inherit. 120 our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company 





ttt 18:32 from...: Heb. from after him Ht 18:33 at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity §8§ 18:33 between...: Heb. between the 
* * 
joints and between the breastplate 18:33 wounded: Heb. made sick 19:4 he went...: Heb. he returned and went out t 19:6 


* 
in...: Heb. in the matter of judgment t 19:11 Deal...: Heb, Take courage and do 20:3 himself: Heb. his face t 20:7 who: 
Heb. thou 


2 Chronicles 20:13 361 2 Chronicles 20:37 


that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood 
before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 

14 q Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of 
Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus 
saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is 
not yours, but God’s. 1©To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; 
and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.*§ 17 Ye shall not need 
to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, 0 Judah 
and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with 
you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19 And the Levites, of the children of the 
Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud 
voice on high. 


20 q And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they 
went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in 
the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he 
had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty 


of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for 
KK 
ever. 


22q And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of 
Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. T##88 23 For 
the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and 
destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy 
another.*** 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the 
multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.ttt 25 And when 
Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance 
both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more 
than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 


26 q And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they 
blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this 
day.+## 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of 
them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.88$§ 
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD 
fought against the enemies of Israel. 3° So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him 
rest round about. 

31 q And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter 
of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD. 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people 
had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, 
first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the 
book of the kings of Israel.*t 


35 q And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did 
very wickedly: 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the 
ships in Ezion-geber. 3” Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, 
saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships 
were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. 





+ 20:16 cliff: Heb. ascent § 20:16 brook: or, valley = 20:21 that...: Heb. praisers tf 20:22 And when...: Heb. And in the 
time that they, etc aa 20:22 to sing...: Heb. in singing and praise §8 49:22 they were...: or, they smote one another ial 20:23 
to destroy: Heb. for the destruction ttt 20:24 none...: Heb. there was not an escaping +H 20:26 Berachah: that is, blessing 
§8§ 20:27 forefront: Heb. head * 20:34 book of Jehu: Heb. words, etc t 20:34 is mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend 


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21 

1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And 
Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and 
Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat 
king of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with 
fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. 4 Now when 
Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren 
with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 

5 q Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in 
Jerusalem. © And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had 
the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7 Howbeit 
the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, 


and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.” 

8 q In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a 
king.t ° Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by 
night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 1° So the 
Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt 
from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 1! Moreover he made high 
places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and 
compelled Judah thereto. 

12q And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of 
David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways 
of Asa king of Judah, 1° But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast 
slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself: 14 Behold, with a great plague 
will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:* 15 And thou shalt 
have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by 
day. 

16q Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, 
that were near the Ethiopians: !” And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all 
the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was 
never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.8** 

18 q And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19 And it came 
to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: 
so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 
20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and 
departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres 
of the kings. tt 


22 

1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of 
men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram 
king of Judah reigned. 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned 
one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in 
the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did 
evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of 
his father to his destruction. 

5 q He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war 
against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. © And he returned to be 
healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael 
king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab 


at Jezreel, because he was sick.*t 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for 
when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had 


anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.* 8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment 





* 
21:7 light: Heb. lamp, or, candle T ors dominion: Heb. hand # 21:14 a great...: Heb. a great stroke § 91:17 carried...: Heb. 
eK * 
carried captive 21:17 Jehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah tt 21:20 without...: Heb. without desire 22:6 which...: 
Heb. wherewith they wounded him f 22:6 Azariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz # 22:7 destruction: Heb. treading down 


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upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that 
ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. ? And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid 
in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said 
they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah 
had no power to keep still the kingdom. 

10 q But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed 
all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the 
son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse 
in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for 
she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.8 12 And he was with 
them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. 


23 

1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah 
the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the 
son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. ? And they went about in 
Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and 
they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. 
And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. 
4This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the 
Levites, shall be porters of the doors;* 5 And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part 
at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. ® But 
let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they 
shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. 7 And the Levites shall 
compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh 
into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth 
out. 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, 
and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the 
sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. ° Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered 
to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were 
in the house of God. 1° And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the 
right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king 
round about.t¥ 1 Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the 
testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.8 

12q Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the 
people into the house of the LORD: 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the 
entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and 
sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. 


Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.” 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out 
the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: 
and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house 
of the LORD. !5 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate 
by the king’s house, they slew her there. 

16 q And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, 
that they should be the LORD’s people. !” Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it 
down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, 
whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it 
is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.tt 19 And he 
set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should 
enter in. 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, 
and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came 
through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 2! And 





§ 22:11 Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba i 23:4 doors: Heb. thresholds t 23:10 side: Heb. shoulder # 23:10 temple: 


aK 
Heb. house 8 23:11 God... Heb. Let the king live 23:13 Treason: Heb. Conspiracy tt 23:18 as it was...: Heb. by the hands 
of David 


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all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the 
sword, 


24 

1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His 
mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the 
LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and 
daughters. 

4q And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.” > And he 
gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and 
gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten 
the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. © And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said 
unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the 
collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of 
Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the 
house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. 
8 And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of 
the LORD. 9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the 
collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.t 1° And all the princes and 
all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 1! Now it 
came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, 
and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and 
emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered 
money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the 
house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such 
as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. 13 So the workmen wrought, and the work 
was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.* 14 And when 
they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were 
made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and 
vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all 
the days of Jehoiada.$ 

15q But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was 
he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done 
good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. !” Now after the death of Jehoiada came the 
princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they 
left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon 
Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto 
the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 2° And the Spirit of God came 
upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus 
saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye 
have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.” 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned 
him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22Thus Joash 
the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. 
And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. 

23 q And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and 
they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, 
and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.}t## 24 For the army of the Syrians came 
with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they 
had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. 25 And when 
they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against 
him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they 
buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are 
they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of 


Shimrith a Moabitess.88*** 





* 
24:4 to repair: Heb. to renew t 24:9 a proclamation: Heb. a voice + 24:13 the work...: Heb. the healing went up upon the work 
KK 
§ 24:14 to offer...: or, pestils 24:20 came...: Heb. clothed tt 24:23 at the...: Heb. in the revolution of the year +4 24:23 
KKK 
Damascus: Heb. Darmesek §§ 24:26 Zabad: or, Jozacher 24:26 Shimrith: or, Shomer 


2 Chronicles 24:27 365 2 Chronicles 25:24 


27 ¢ Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of 
the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son 
reigned in his stead, tt t### 


23 
1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine 
years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ? And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 
3. q Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that 


had killed the king his father.” 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the 
book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither 
shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 

5 | Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and 
captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: 
and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand 
choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. © He hired also an hundred 
thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man 
of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, 
to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. ° But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall 
make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. ? And Amaziah said to 
the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? 


And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.t 1 Then Amaziah 
separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore 
their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.*§ 

11q And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and 
smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. !2 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah 
carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of 
the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 

13q But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, 
fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, 
and took much spoil.** 

14 q Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that 
he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself 
before them, and burned incense unto them. !5 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against 
Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods 
of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to pass, as 
he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why 
shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to 
destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.tt 

17 q Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of 
Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to 
Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, 
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and 
trode down the thistle.*#8$ 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth 
thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest 
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 2° But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might 
deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash 
the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, 
at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they 
fled every man to his tent."*” 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of 
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall 


of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.ttt 24 and he took all 





ttt 24:27 repairing: Heb. founding +t 24:27 story: or, commentary : 25:3 established...: Heb. confirmed upon him if 25:9 
army: Heb. band # 25:10 home again: Heb. to their place S 95:10 in great...: Heb. in heat of anger i 25:13 the soldiers...: 
Heb. the sons of the band tt 25:16 determined: Heb. counselled + 25:18 thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn §§ 25:18 a wild...: 
Heb. a beast of the field oo 25:22 put...: Heb. smitten ttt 25:23 the corner...: Heb. the gate of it that looketh 


2 Chronicles 25:25 366 2 Chronicles 26:23 


the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and 
the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. 

25 q And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king 
of Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written 
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 

27 q Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy 
against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him 
there +##888 28 and they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of 


Judah.” 
26 


1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the 
room of his father Amaziah.” 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with 
his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years 
in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in 
the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And he sought God in the days 
of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God 


made him to prosper.t 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall 
of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the 
Philistines.* 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur- 
baal, and the Mehunims. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even 
to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.§ 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in 


Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.” 
10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low 
country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for 
he loved husbandry.tt##8§ 11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by 
bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, 
under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. 12The whole number of the chief of the fathers 
of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was an army, 
three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to 


help the king against the enemy.””* 4 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, 


and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. tt 15 And he made in 
Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot 
arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till 


he was strong,+## 

16g But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against 
the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 
17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were 
valiant men: 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, 
Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to 
burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour 
from the LORD God. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and 
while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the 
house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. 2° And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, 
looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; 
yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 2! And Uzziah the king was a 
leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the 
house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.§8§ 

224 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 
23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which 
belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 





44 25:27 from...: Heb. from after §8§ 25:27 made...: Heb. conspired a conspiracy = 25:28 Judah: that is, the city of David 
‘ 26:1 Uzziah: or, Azariah t 26:5 in the visions...: Heb. in the seeing of God t 26:6 about...: or, in the country of Ashdod § 26:8 
spread...: Heb. went iil 26:9 fortified: or, repaired tt 26:10 digged...: or, cut out many cisterns + 26:10 Carmel: or, fruitful 
fields 88 26:10 husbandry: Heb. ground ant 26:13 an army: Heb. the power of an army Tit 26:14 slings...: Heb. stones of 
slings Ht 26:15 spread: Heb. went forth 888 26:21 several: Heb. free 


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27 

1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in 
Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. ? And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into 
the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the 
LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.” 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, 
and in the forests he built castles and towers. 

5 q He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children 
of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, 
and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, 


and the third.t 6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.* 
7q Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book 
of the kings of Israel and Judah. ® He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned 
sixteen years in Jerusalem. 
9q And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son 
reigned in his stead. 


1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but 
he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: 2 For he walked in the 
ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the 
valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen 
whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.” 4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in 
the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. > Wherefore the LORD his God delivered 
him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them 
captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, 
who smote him with a great slaughter.t 

6 q For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which 


were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.* 7 And Zichri, a mighty 
man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that 
was next to the king.8 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred 
thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the 
en to Samaria. ° But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before 
the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers 
was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that 
reacheth up unto heaven. 1° And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem 
for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the 
LORD your God? 11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive 
of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the 
children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah 
the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, !3 And 
said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the 
LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is 
fierce wrath against Israel. 14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and 
all the congregation. 15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, 
and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and 
gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and 
brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. 

16q At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 1” For again the Edomites 
had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.” 18The Philistines also had invaded the cities 
of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, 
and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages 
thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for 
he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. 2° And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria 





* * 
27:3 Ophel: or, the tower t 27:5 So..: Heb. This # 27:6 prepared: or, established 28:3 burnt...: or, offered sacrifice 


cr 
t 28:5 Damascus: Heb. Darmesek t 28:6 valiant... Heb. sons of valour 8 28:7 next...: Heb. the second to the king 28:17 
captives: Heb. a captivity 


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came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of 
the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king 
of Assyria: but he helped him not. 

22q And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. 
23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the 
kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the 
ruin of him, and of all Israel.tt 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut 
in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made 
him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to 
burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.*# 

26d Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of 
the kings of Judah and Israel. 2” And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even 
in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son 
reigned in his stead. 


29 

1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty 
years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did that 
which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 

3q He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, 
and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into 
the east street, 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify 

now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the 
filthiness out of the holy place. ®For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes 
of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation 


of the LORD, and turned their backs.* 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out 
the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of 
Israel. 8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them 
to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.t 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen 
by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 1° Now it is in 
mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from 
us. 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, 
and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.#§ 

12 q Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of 
the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and 
of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; 
Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 4 And of the sons of Heman; 
Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 15 And they gathered their 
brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the 
words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.”” 16 And the priests went into the inner part 
of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the 
temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out 
abroad into the brook Kidron. 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on 
the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the 
LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 18 Then they went 
in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt 
offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. 19 Moreover 
all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and 
sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. 

20 q Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house 
of the LORD. 2! And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he 
goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the 
priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. 2?So they killed the bullocks, and the 
priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they 





* 
tt 28:23 Damascus: Heb. Darmesek #4 28:25 to burn: or, to offer 29:6 turned their...: Heb. given the neck t 29:8 trouble: 


2K 
Heb, commotion t 29:11 be not...: or, be not now deceived § 29:11 burn...: or, offer sacrifice 29:15 by the words...: or, in 
the business of the LORD 


2 Chronicles 29:23 369 2 Chronicles 30:11 


sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the 
altar. 23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; 
and they laid their hands upon them:tT 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation 
with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that 
the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he set the Levites in the 
house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of 
David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD 
by his prophets.##8$ 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with 
the trumpets. 2”? And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the 
burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments 


ordained by David king of Israel."**tt¥ 28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, 
and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.*** 29 And 
when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, 
and worshipped.8§§ 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded 

the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they 
sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. 31 Then Hezekiah answered 
and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank 
offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; 


and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.” 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which 
the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: 
all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and 
three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: 
wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests 
had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the 
priests. 35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and 
the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. 
36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done 
suddenly. 


1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that 
they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of 
Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep 
the passover in the second month. ? For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not 
sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 


4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.” 5 So they established a decree to make 
proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the 
passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort 
as it was written. © So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all 
Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn 
again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, 
that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.t 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like 
your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up 
to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto 
the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your 


God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.*§ ° For if ye turn again unto the LORD, 
your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that 
they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not 
turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. !°So the posts passed from city to city through the 
country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked 
them. 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came 





tt 29:23 forth: Heb. near +H 29:25 commandment of the LORD: Heb. commandment by the hand of the LORD §8 99.25 by: 
Heb. by the hand of iid 29:27 when: Heb. in the time Tit 29:27 the instruments: Heb. hands of instruments Ht 29:28 
singers: Heb. song §8§ 49.29 present: Heb. found ‘J 29:31 consecrated...: or, filled your hand t 29:34 did help...: Heb. 
strengthened them . 30:4 pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king t 30:6 from: Heb. from the hand + 30:8 be ye...: 
Heb. harden not your necks § 30:8 yield...: Heb. give the hand 


2 Chronicles 30:12 370 2 Chronicles 31:10 


to Jerusalem. 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of 
the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. 

13 q And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the 
second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in 
Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then 
they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites 
were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the 
LORD. !¢ And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of 


God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites."* 17 For there were 
many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing 
of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 18 For a multitude of 
the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, 
yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, 
The good LORD pardon every one !9 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, 
though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 2° And the LORD hearkened 
to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 

21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven 
days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud 
instruments unto the LORD.tt## 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught 
the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace 
offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.8§ 23 And the whole assembly took 
counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king 
of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes 
gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests 


sanctified themselves."**ttt 25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, 
and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, 
and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon 
the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. 

27 q Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their 


prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.##* 


31 
1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and 
brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars 
out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them 


all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. "t+ 

2q And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man 
according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, 
and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. 3 He appointed also the king’s 
portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, 
and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written 
in the law of the LORD. 4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the 
portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. 

5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the 
firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all 
things brought they in abundantly.8™ ¢ And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in 
the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which 
were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.*t 71n the third month they began 
to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. § And when Hezekiah and 
the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. ° Then Hezekiah 
questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 1° And Azariah the chief priest of 
the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house 





ok 
30:16 their place: Heb. their standing tt 30:21 present: Heb. found + 30:21 loud...: Heb. instruments of strength 
KKK 
§§ 30:22 comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of all 30:24 did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offered ttt 30:24 gave: Heb. lifted up, 
y g Pp & P 
* 
or, offered Het 30:27 his holy...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness 31:1 present: Heb. found t 31:1 images: Heb. statues 


KK 
t 31:1 until...: Heb. until to make an end § 31:5 came...: Heb. brake forth 31:5 honey: or, dates tt 31:6 by heaps: Heb. 
heaps, heaps 


2 Chronicles 31:11 371 2 Chronicles 32:15 


of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; 
and that which is left is this great store. 

11 q Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared 
them,** 12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which 
Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and 
Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, 
were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah 
the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.8§ 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the 
porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, 
and the most holy things. 15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, 
Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by 
courses, as well to the great as to the small:*** tT 16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years 
old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for 
their service in their charges according to their courses; 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by 
the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their 
courses; 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, 
through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:*#* 19 Also 
of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several 
city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to 
all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. 

20 q And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and 
truth before the LORD his God. 2! And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, 
and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. 


1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered 
into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.* 2 And 
when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,t 
3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were 
without the city: and they did help him. 4So there was gathered much people together, who stopped 
all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings 
of Assyria come, and find much water?* 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that 
was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of 
David, and made darts and shields in abundance.8 © And he set captains of war over the people, and 
gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, 
saying,” 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all 
the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 8 With him is an arm of flesh; 
but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves 
upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. tt 

9q After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege 
against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that 
were at Jerusalem, saying,## 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye 
abide in the siege in Jerusalem?8§ 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by 
famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and 
Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it? !3 Know ye not what I 
and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands 
any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those 
nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your 
God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor 
persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to 
deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God 





a 31:11 chambers: or, storehouses §§ 31:13 under...: Heb. at the hand is 31:15 next...: Heb. at his hand ttt 31:15 
set...: or, trust +44 31:18 set...: or, trust ‘ 32:1 to win...: Heb. to break them up t 32:2 he was...: Heb. his face was to war 
+ 32:4 ran: Heb. overflowed § 32:5 darts: or, swords, or, weapons oii 32:6 spake...: Heb. he spoke to their heart tt 32:8 
rested...: Heb. leaned +H 32:9 power: Heb. dominion 8§ 32:10 siege: or, strong hold 


2 Chronicles 32:16 372 2 Chronicles 33:9 


deliver you out of mine hand? 1 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his 
servant Hezekiah. !” He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, 
saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so 
shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. !8 Then they cried with a loud voice 
in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble 
them; that they might take the city. 19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods 
of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. 2° And for this cause Hezekiah the 
king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 

21q And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and 
captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And 
when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there 
with the sword.”"* 22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of 
Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. 23 And 
many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he 
was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.ttt 

24 q In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto 


him, and he gave hima sign.*## 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto 
him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.S§§ 

27q And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, 
and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant 


jewels;” 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of 
beasts, and cotes for flocks. 2° Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds 
in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 3° This same Hezekiah also stopped the 
upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And 
Hezekiah prospered 

in all his works. 

31 q Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to 
enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that 
was in his heart.t 

32 q Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of 
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.* 33 And Hezekiah 
slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and 
all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned 


in his stead.§ 


1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in 
Jerusalem: 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the 
heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 

3q For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up 
altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.” 4 Also he 
built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for 
ever. >And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. ® And he 
caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, 
and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he 
wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a carved image, the 
idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In 
this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will 1 put my name for 
ever: 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed 
for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the 
whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. 9So Manasseh made Judah and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed 





EK 
32:21 slew...: Heb. made him fall ttt 32:23 presents: Heb. precious things Ht 32:24 gave...: or, wrought a miracle for 


* 

him SSS 32:26 pride: Heb. lifting up 32:27 pleasant...: Heb. instruments of desire - 32:31 ambassadors: Heb. interpreters 
* 

# 32:32 goodness: Heb. kindnesses 8 32:33 chiefest: or, highest 33:3 he built...: Heb. he returned and built 


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before the children of Israel. 1© And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would 
not hearken. 

11 q Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which 
took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.t* 12 And 
when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God 
of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and 
brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. 
14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even 
to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, 
and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.§ 15 And he took away the strange gods, and 
the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of 
the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, 
and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD 
God of Israel. 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their 
God only. 

18 q Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers 
that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the 
kings of Israel. !9 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and 
the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: 


behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.** 

20 q So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son 
reigned in his stead. 

21q Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 
22But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed 

unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 23 And humbled 
not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more 
and more.tt 24 and his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. 

25 q But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people 
of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. 


34 

1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned inJerusalem one and thirty years. 
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, 
and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 

3 q For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of 
David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, 
and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of 
Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and 
the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it 
upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them." 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon 
their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. © And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, 
and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.* 7 And when he had broken down 
the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols 
throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.§ 

8 q Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent 
Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the 
recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, 
they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the 
doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all 
Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 1° And they put it in the hand of the workmen 
that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in 
the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: 1! Even to the artificers and builders gave 
they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah 





aK 
iF 33:11 of the king: Heb. which were the king’s # 33:11 fetters: or, chains S 33:14 Ophel: or, the tower 33:19 the seers: 
* 
or, Hosai tt 33:23 trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass 34:4 the images: or, the sun images t 34:4 graves: 


Heb. face of the graves + 34:6 mattocks: or, mauls 34:7 into...: Heb. to make powder 


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had destroyed.** 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and 
Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, 
to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. 13 Also they were 
over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: 
and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 

14q And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah 
the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.tt 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to 
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered 
the book to Shaphan. 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back 
again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.** 17 And they have gathered together 
the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the 


overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.$$ 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah 


the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.*** 19 And it came to pass, when 
the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 2° And the king commanded Hilkiah, 
and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah 
a servant of the king’s, saying,ttt 21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in 
Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD 
that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all 
that is written in this book. 2? And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the 
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now 


she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. ###888* 

23 q And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 
24Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even 
all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: 25 Because 
they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger 
with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not 
be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto 
him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; 2? Because thine 
heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against 
this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy 
clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. 28 Behold, I will gather thee 
to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil 
that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word 
again. 

29 q Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 3° And the king 
went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and 
the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words 
of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.t 31 And the king stood in his 
place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, 
and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of 
the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and 
Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God 
of their fathers.* 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to 
the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their 


God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.$** 
35 


1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the 
fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to 
the service of the house of the LORD, 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy 
unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; 
it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, 4 And 





3k 
34:11 to floor: or, to rafter TT 344 by: Heb. by the hand of + 34:16 to thy...: Heb. to the hand of, etc 88 34:17 gathered 
KK 
together: Heb. poured out, or, melted 34:18 it: Heb. init ttt 34:20 Abdon: or, Achbor $44 34:22 Hasrah: also called, 
* 
Harhas 888 34:22 wardrobe: Heb. garments 34:22 in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part t 34:30 great...: 


aK 
Heb. from great even to small # 34:32 present: Heb. found § 34:33 present: Heb. found 34:33 from...: Heb. from after 


2 Chronicles 35:5 375 2 Chronicles 36:3 


prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David 
king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. ° And stand in the holy place according 
to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the 


families of the Levites."t 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, 
that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah gave to the 
people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the 
number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance.* 8 And his 
princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and 
Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and 
six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.§ 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his 
brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover 
offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.** 10 So the service was prepared, and the 
priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment. 
1 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites 
flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions 
of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did 
they with the oxen. 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other 
holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the 
people.tt 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests 
the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites 
prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph 
were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun 
the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their 
brethren the Levites prepared for them.** 16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same 
day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the 
commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that 
time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.8§ 18 And there was no passover like to that kept 
in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover 
as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem.*** 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 

20q After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against 
Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.ttt 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, 
saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against 
the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling 
with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.*## 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face 
from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of 
Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23 And the archers shot at 
king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.S$$ 24 His servants 
therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought 
him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and 
Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.” 

25 q And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of 
Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are 
written in the lamentations. 2° Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that 
which was written in the law of the LORD,* 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in 
the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 


1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s 
stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 
three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the 





e 35:5 the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathers t 35:5 the people: Heb. the sons of the people + 35:7 gave: 
Heb. offered § 35:8 gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc si 35:9 gave: Heb. offered tt 35:13 divided...: Heb. made them 
run ## 35:15 place: Heb. station 88 35:17 present: Heb. found oy 35:18 present: Heb. found Tit 35:20 temple: Heb. 
house *## 35:21 the house...: Heb. the house of my war S88 35.23 wounded: Heb. made sick - 35:24 in one...: or, among 


the sepulchres t 35:26 goodness: Heb. kindnesses 


2 Chronicles 36:4 376 2 Chronicles 36:23 


land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.” 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his 
brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz 
his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 

5 q Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years 
in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. © Against him 
came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.t 
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in 
his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and 
that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and 
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.* 

9 q Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten 
days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 1° And when the year was 
expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house 
of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.$**tt 

11 q Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in 
Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself 
before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. ! And he also rebelled against king 
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart 
from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 

14q Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the 
abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 
15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; 
because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:*+#§§ 16 But they mocked the 
messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD 


arose against his people, till there was no remedy.*** 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of 
the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no 
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into 
his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of 
the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 19 And they 
burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with 
fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 2° And them that had escaped from the sword carried 
he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of 
Persia:ttt 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her 
sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 

22 q Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of 
Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made 
a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king 
of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged 
me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? 
The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. 





. 36:3 put...: Heb. removed him t 36:6 fetters: or, chains # 36:8 Jehoiachin: also called, Jeconiah, or, Coniah § 36:10 
when...: Heb, at the return of the year = 36:10 goodly...: Heb. vessels of desire tt 36:10 Zedekiah...: or, Mattaniah, his father’s 
brother ¥# 36:15 by: Heb. by the hand of §8 36:15 betimes: that is, continually and carefully 1 36:16 remedy: Heb. 
healing ttt 36:20 them...: Heb. the remainder from the sword 


Ezra 1:1 377 Ezra 2:35 


Ezra 


1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah 
might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation 
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,” 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The 
LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him 
an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with 
him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, 
(he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, 
let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside 
the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.* 

5 q Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with 
all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 
6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with 
goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.+ 

7q Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar 
had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did 
Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto 
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. ° And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand 
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, !° Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four 
hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 1! All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand 
and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up 
from Babylon unto Jerusalem.8 


Z 

1Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had 
been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and 
came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, 
Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the 
men of the people of Israel: t#8 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 
4The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. >The children of Arah, seven hundred 
seventy and five. ©The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight 
hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of 
Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. ° The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. !° The 
children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.** The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. 
12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. !3 The children of Adonikam, six 
hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 15 The children of Adin, 
four hundred fifty and four. !©The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17 The children 
of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.tt 19 The 
children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. 2°The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.** 21 The 
children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The 
men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.8§ 25 The 
children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 2° The children 
of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 2” The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. 
28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 
30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. 3! The children of the other Elam, a thousand two 
hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of Lod, 
Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.*** 34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and 
five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 





* 
1:1 made...: Heb. caused a voice to pass t 1:4 help...: Heb. lift him up t 1:6 strengthened..,: that is, helped them S 1:11 the 
* 
captivity: Heb. the transportation 2:2 Seraiah: also called, Azariah t 2:2 Reelaiah: or, Raamiah t 2:2 Mispar: or, Mispereth 
KK 
2:2 Rehum: or, Nehum 2:10 Bani: also called, Binnui tt 2:18 Jorah: also called, Hariph +f 2:20 Gibbar: also called, 


eK 
Gibeon §§ 2:24 Azmaveth: also called, Beth-azmaveth 2:33 Hadid: or, Harid, as it is in some copies 


Ezra 2:36 378 Ezra 3:6 


36 q The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 
37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred 
forty and seven. 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 

40 q The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and 
four.ttt 

41q The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. 

42q The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, 
the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. 

43 q The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The 
children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,*#* 45 The children of Lebanah, the 
children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 4° The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the 
children of Hanan,$§§ 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The 
children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children 
of Paseah, the children of Besai, 5° The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of 
Nephusim,” 5! The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children 
of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,* 53 The children of Barkos, the children of 
Sisera, the children of Thamah, *4 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 

55q The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children 
of Peruda,* 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 5? The children of 
aed iota the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.S 58 All the 
Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these 
were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not 


shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:” tt © The children of Delaiah, 
the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 

61q And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children 
of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their 
name: ° These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not 
found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.## 63 And the Tirshatha said unto 
them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with 
Thummim.8$§ 

64 q The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 
65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and 
seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. © Their horses were 
seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; ®” Their camels, four hundred 
thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 

68 q And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at 
Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: © They gave after their ability 
unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound 
of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments. 7°So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, 
and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 


1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people 
gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and 
his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of 
the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God." T+ 
3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: 
and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. 
4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, 
according to the custom, as the duty of every day required:S 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt 
offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of 
every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. ®From the first day of the seventh 





ttt 2:40 Hodaviah: also called, Judah or Hodevah $44 2:44 Siaha: also called, Sia §8§ 2:46 Shalmai: also called, Shamlai 
? 2:50 Nephusim: also called, Nephishesim t 2:52 Bazluth: also called, Bazlith t 2:55 Peruda: also called, Perida § 2:57 Ami: 
also called, Amon a 2:59 Addan: also called, Addon tt 2:59 seed: or, pedigree + 2:62 were they...: Heb. they were polluted 
from the priesthood 8§ 2:63 Tirshatha: or, governor * 3:2 Jeshua: also called, Joshua t 3:2 Zerubbabel: Gr. Zorobabel 
# 3:2 Shealtiel: Gr. Salathiel 8 3:4 as the duty...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day 


Ezra 3:7 379 Ezra 4:15 


month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the 


LORD was not yet laid.** 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, 
and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the 
sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. tt 

8 q Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second 
month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their 
brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; 
and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house 
of the LORD. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of 
Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons 
and their brethren the Levites.##8§ 10 and when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of 
the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with 
cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang together by 
course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever 
toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the 
foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the 
fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was 
laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 So that the people 
could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the 
people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. 


1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded 


the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;* 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the 
fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice 
unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, 
and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with 
us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as 
king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. 4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of 
the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate 
their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 

6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation 
against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.t 

7 q And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their 
companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian 
tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.*§ 8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote 
a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:** ° Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, 
and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the 
Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the 
Elamites,tt 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set 
in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.** 

11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants 
the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which 
came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building 

the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.$8*** 
13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will 
they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. ttt### 
14 Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s 
dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;S§$ 15 That search may be made in the book 
of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is 





. 3:6 the foundation...: Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded AT 3:7 carpenters: or, workmen +4 3:9 Judah: also 
called, Hodaviah 8§ 3,9 together: Heb. as one . 4:1 the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation t 4:6 Ahasuerus: 
Heb. Ahashverosh # 4:7 Bishlam: or, in peace 8 47 companions: Heb. societies es 4:8 scribe: or, secretary tt 4:9 
companions: Chaldee, societies + 4:10 at such...: Chaldee, Cheeneth §§ 4:12 set up: or, finished as 4:12 joined: Chaldee, 


sewed together tit 4:13 pay: Chaldee, give Ht 4:13 revenue: or, strength S88 4:14 we have..: Chaldee, we are salted 
with the salt of the palace 


Ezra 4:16 380 Ezra 5:17 


a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the 


same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. *t 16 We certify the king that, if this city be 
builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the 
river. 

17q Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the 
rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such 


atime.* 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And I commanded, 
and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against 


kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.8** 20 There have been mighty kings 
also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, 
was paid unto them. 2! Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be 


not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.'t 22 Take heed now that ye fail not 
to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 

23 ¢ Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, 
and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by 


force and power.** 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased 
unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 


1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews 
that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. ? Then rose up 
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God 
which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 

3q At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and 
their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make 
up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make 


this building?” 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause 
them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this 
matter. 

6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his 
companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 7 They 
sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.t 8 Be it known unto 
the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded 
with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their 
hands.* ° Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this 
house, and to make up these walls? !° We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write 
the names of the men that were the chief of them. ! And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are 
the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years 
ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. 12 But after that our fathers had provoked the 
God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the 
Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. 13 But in the first year 
of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. !4 And the 
vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that 
was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of 
the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had 
made governor;$ 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in 
Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. }© Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and 
laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath 
it been in building, and yet it is not finished. !” Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be 
search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was 
made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us 
concerning this matter. 





- 4:15 moved: Chaldee, made t 4:15 within...: Chaldee, in the midst thereof # 4:17 companions: Chaldee, societies § 4:19 
I commanded: Chaldee, by me a decree is set ks 4:19 made insurrection: Chaldee, lifted up itself tt 4:21 Give...: Chaldee, Make 
adecree #4 4:23 by force...: Chaldee, by arm and power . 5:4 make: Chaldee, build t 5:7 wherein: Chaldee, in the midst 
whereof + 5:8 great...: Chaldee, stones of rolling § 5:14 governor: or, deputy 


Ezra 6:1 381 Ezra 7:6 


1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the 
treasures were laid up in Babylon." 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the 
province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: * 3 In the first year of Cyrus the 
king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house 
be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; 
the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4 With three rows of 
great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house: 5 And 
also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of 
the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the 
temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.$§ © Now therefore, 
Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are 


beyond the river, be ye far from thence:** 7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor 
of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. 8 Moreover I make a decree 
what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s 
goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be 


not hindered. tt## 9 and that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for 
the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of 
the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 1° That they may offer 
sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.8§ 
11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his 


house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.*** 
12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to 
their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; 
let it be done with speed. 

13 q Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according 
to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and 
they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And 
they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the 
commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. ttt 15 And this house was finished 
on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 

16q And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, 
kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,*## 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of 
God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, 
twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in their 
divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written 
in the book of Moses.$§§ 19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth 
day of the first month. ?° For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, 
and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for 
themselves. 21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had 
separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God 
of Israel, did eat, 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made 
them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the 
work of the house of God, the God of Israel. 


1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son 
of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 The son of 
Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of 
Bukki, > The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: 
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God 
of Israel had given: and the king granted 





* 

6:1 rolls: Chaldee, books t 6:1 laid up: Chaldee, made to descend t 6:2 Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, ina coffer § 6:5 brought 
again: Chaldee, go ap 6:6 your...: Chaldee, their societies tt 6:8 I make...: Chaldee, by me a decree is made + 6:8 hindered: 
Chaldee, made to cease §§ 6:10 of sweet...: Chaldee, of rest oon 6:11 let him...: Chaldee, let him be destroyed ttt 6:14 


commandment: Chaldee, decree Ht 6:16 the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation S88 6:18 asit 
is...: Chaldee, according to the writing 


Ezra 7:7 382 Ezra 8:12 


him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. 7 And there went up some 
of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the 
Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in 
the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. ° For upon the first day of the first month 
began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according 


to the good hand of his God upon him.” 19For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, 
and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 

11 q Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, 
even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, 
king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at sucha 
time.t 13] make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, 
which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art 
sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according 
to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;* 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and 
his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 16 And all 
the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the 
people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: 17 That 
thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their 
drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And 
whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, 
that do after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of 
thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 2° And whatsoever more shall be needful for 
the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure 
house. 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the 
river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, 
it be done speedily, 22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and 


to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.8 
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God 


of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?”” 24 Also we 
certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of 
this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. #5 And thou, Ezra, 
after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the 
people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know 
them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be 
executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, 
or to imprisonment.tt 

27 q Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, 
to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: 28 And hath extended mercy unto me before 
the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the 
hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with 
me. 


1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from 
Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. ?Ofthe sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; 
Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: 
and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath- 
moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the 
son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, 
and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy 
males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of 
the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 1° And of 
the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. 1! And of 
the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons 





* 
7:9 began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up t 7:12 unto...: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of 
aK 
heaven, peace, etc t 7:14 of the king: Chaldee, from before the king § 7:22 measures: Chaldee, cors 7:23 Whatsoever...: 
Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree tt 7:26 to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out 


Ezra 8:13 383 Ezra 9:4 


of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.” 13 And of the last 
sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore 
males. 1 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.t 

15 q And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents 


three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.* Then 
sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for 
Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of 
understanding. 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and 
I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, 
that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.§ 18 And by the good hand of our God 
upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahi, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; 
and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of 
the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; 2° Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the 
princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them 
were expressed by name. 

21 q Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our 
God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was 
ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the 
way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that 
seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought 
our God for this: and he was intreated of us. 

24 q Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their 
brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the 
offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel 
there present, had offered: 261 even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and 
silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 2” Also twenty basons of gold, of a 


thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.**tt 28 And I said unto them, Ye are 
holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto 
the LORD God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the 
priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of 
the LORD. 2°So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, 
to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. 

31 q Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto 
Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and 
of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 

33 q Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed 

in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was 
Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of 
Binnui, Levites; 34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. 
35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered 
burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and 
seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. 

36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on 
this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. 


9 


1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the 
priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to 
their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, 
the Moabites, the Egyptians, andthe Amorites. ? For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, 
and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, 
the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, I 
rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down 
astonied. 4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, 





* 
8:12 the son...: or, the youngest son t 8:14 Zabbud: or, Zaccur, as some read t 8:15 abode: or, pitched § 8:17 I told...: Heb. 


ct 
I put words in their mouth 8:27 fine...: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass tt 8:27 precious: Heb. desirable 


Ezra 9:5 384 Ezra 10:12 


because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening 
sacrifice. 

5 q And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my 
mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,” 6 And said, O my God, 
Tam ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our 
head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.t 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been ina 
great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered 
into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of 
face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to 
leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, 


and give us a little reviving in our bondage.*8 9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken 
us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a 
reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in 


Judah and in Jerusalem.** 1° And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken 
thy commandments, !! Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, 
unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with 
their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.tt## 12 Now 
therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor 
seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and 
leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil 
deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities 
deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;8§ 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and 
join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou 
hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? 150 LORD God of Israel, thou art 
righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for 
we cannot stand before thee because of this. 


1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before 
the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women 


and children: for the people wept very sore.” 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of 
Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives 
of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3 Now therefore let us 
make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to 
the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done 


according to the law.t 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good 
courage, and do it. > Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear 
that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 

6 q Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son 
of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because 
of the transgression of them that had been carried away. ? And they made proclamation throughout 
Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together 
unto Jerusalem; ® And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel 
of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the 
congregation of those that had been carried away. 

9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within 
three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the 
street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.8 1° And Ezra the 
priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase 
the trespass of Israel.** 11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do 
his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. !*Then 





9:5 heaviness: or, affliction t 9:6 trespass: or, guiltiness + 9:8 space: Heb. moment § 9:8 anail: or, a pin: that is, a constant 
a 
and sure abode 9:9 to repair: Heb. to set up tt 9:11 by: Heb. by the hand of #4 9:11 from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth 
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88 9:13 hast punished...: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities 10:1 wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping t 10:3 to put...: 


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Heb. to bring forth t 10:8 forfeited: Heb. devoted 8 10:9 the great...: Heb. the showers 10:10 have taken: Heb. have 
caused to dwell, or, have brought back 


Ezra 10:13 385 Ezra 10:44 


all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But the 
people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a 


work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.tT 14 Let now our rulers 
of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at 
appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath 
of our God for this matter be turned from us.** 

15q Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: 
and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.8§ 1¢ And the children of the captivity did so. 
And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by 
their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 
17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first 
month. 

18g And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of 
the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 
19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a 
ram of the flock for their trespass. 2° And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. 21 And of 
the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 24 And of the sons of 
Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, 
and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24 Of the singers also; 
Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; 
Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 26 And of 
the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. 27 And of the 
sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28 Of the sons also 
of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, 
and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. 3° And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, 
Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 31 And of the sons of Harim; 
Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 3? Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 35 Of the sons of 
Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 34 Of the sons of Bani; 
Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, 3° Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37 Mattaniah, 
Mattenai, and Jaasau, 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,""* 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shallum, Amariah, and 
Joseph. 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. 44 All these 
had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children. 








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Nehemiah 1:1 386 Nehemiah 2:16 


The Book of Nehemiah 


1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the 
twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, ? That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain 
men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, 
and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there 
in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the 
gates thereof are burned with fire. 

4q And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain 
days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 

5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant 
and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: © Let thine ear now be attentive, 
and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day 
and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which 
we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned. 7 We have dealt very corruptly 
against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou 
commandedst thy servant Moses. § Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy 
servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: ° But ifye turn unto 
me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost 
part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have 
chosen to set my name there. 1° Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed 
by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. !!0 Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to 
the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, 
I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s 
cupbearer. 


Z 

1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine 
was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad 
in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not 
sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let 
the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ 
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Then the king said unto me, For 
what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said unto the king, If it please 
the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, 
unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. ° And the king said unto me, (the queen also 
sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king 


to send me; and I set him a time.” 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be 
given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till 1 come into Judah; 8 And 
a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the 
gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I 
shall enter into. And the king granted 

me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. 

9q Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king 
had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. !°When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the 
servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the 
welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 

12q And J arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had 
put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 
13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, 
and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed 
with fire. }4Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place 
for the beast that was under me to pass. 5 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the 
wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. !6 And the rulers knew 





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Nehemiah 2:17 387 Nehemiah 3:27 


not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the 
nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 

17 q Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the 
gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more 
a reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s 
words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their 
hands for this good work. !9 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, 
and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this 
thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? 20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God 
of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, 
nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. 


3 

1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep 
gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto 
the tower of Hananeel. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded 
Zaccur the son of Imri.” 3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams 
thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them 
repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the 
son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. 5 And 
next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. 
6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; 
they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 
7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, 
and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. § Next unto him repaired 
Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of 
the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.t 9 And next unto them repaired 
Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. !° And next unto them repaired Jedaiah 
the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of 
Hashabniah. © Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other 
piece, and the tower of the furnaces.* 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, 
the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and 
the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars 
thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. 14But the dung gate repaired Malchiah 
the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks 
thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, 
the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, 
and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that 
go down from the city of David. 1° After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half 
part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, 
and unto the house of the mighty. !” After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto 
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. 18 After him repaired their 
brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. 19 And next to him repaired 
Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at 
the turning of the wall. 2° After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from 
the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.8 21 After him repaired 
Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even 
to the end of the house of Eliashib. 24 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. 73 After 
him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of 
Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another 
piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. 25 Palal the son 
of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, 
that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. 26 Moreover the Nethinims 
dwelt 

in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out."*tt 
27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even 





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§ 3:20 Zabbai: also called, Zaccai 3:26 dwelt...: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto tt 3:26 Ophel: or, tower 


Nehemiah 3:28 388 Nehemiah 4:23 


unto the wall of Ophel. 28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his 
house. 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also 
Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. 3° After him repaired Hananiah the son of 
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son 
of Berechiah over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the 
place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of 
the corner.*# 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths 
and the merchants.8§ 


4 


1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took 
great indignation, and mocked the Jews. ? And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, 
and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make 
an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?* 3 Now 
Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even 
break down their stone wall. 4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their 
own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:t 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not 
their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. °So 
built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind 
to work. 

7 q But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, 
and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to 
be stopped, then they were very wroth, * 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight 
against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.8 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch 
against them day and night, because of them. !° And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens 
is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. 11 And our adversaries 
said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause 
the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said 
unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you." 

13 q Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the 
people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.tt 14 And I looked, and rose 
up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: 
remember 

the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, 
your wives, and your houses. !5 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto 
us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto 
his work. 

16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the 
other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers 
were behind all the house of Judah. !” They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with 
those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a 
weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that 
sounded the trumpet was by me.*# 

19q And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great 
and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 2° In what place therefore ye hear 
the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. 21 So we laboured in 
the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge 

within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither 
I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off 
our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing S$ 





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despised: Heb. despite t 4:7 were made up: Heb. ascended § 4:8 to hinder...: Heb. to make an error to it 4:12 From all...: 

or, That from all places ye must return to us tt 4:13 in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc #4 4:18 by his side: 


Heb. on his loins §§ 4:23 saving...: or, every one went with his weapon for water 


Nehemiah 5:1 389 Nehemiah 6:11 


5 

1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For 
there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, 
that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and 
houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4There were also that said, We have borrowed 
money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. ° Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of 
our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters 
to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power 
to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. 

6 q And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, 
and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. 


And I set a great assembly against them.” 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed 
our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall 
they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, It is not 
good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen 
our enemies? 1°T likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: 
I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their 
vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, 
the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require 
nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that 
they should do according to this promise. 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man 
from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and 
emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according 
to this promise. 

14q Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the 
twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and 
my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors that had been before 
me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of 
silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. 
16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were 
gathered thither unto the work. 17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and 
rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. 18 Now that which 
was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once 
in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because 
the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I 
have done for this people. 


1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our 
enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that 
time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, 
Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me 
mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come 
down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 4 Yet they sent unto me four 
times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. ° Then sent Sanballat his servant 
unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; © Wherein was written, It is 
reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which 
cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.” 7 And thou 
hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now 
shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel 
together. Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest 
them out of thine own heart. ° For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from 
the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, 0 God, strengthen my hands. 

10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was 
shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the 
doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 1! And 





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5:7 Iconsulted...: Heb. my heart consulted in me t 5:13 emptied: Heb. empty, or, void 6:6 Gashmu: also called, Geshem 


Nehemiah 6:12 390 Nehemiah 7:38 


I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to 
save his life? I will not go in. !2 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced 
this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 Therefore was he hired, that I 
should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might 
reproach me. 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on 
the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 

15q So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And 
it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard sede andall the heathen that were about us saw these 
things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of 
our God. 

17 q Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of 
Tobiah came unto them.t 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in 
law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son 
of Berechiah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah 
sent letters to put me in fear.* 


7 


1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the 
singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of 
the palace, charge 

over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Let 
not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the 
doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and 
every one to be over against his house. 4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few 
therein, and the houses were not builded.” 

5 q And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, 
that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came 
up at the first, and found written therein, ° These are the children of the province, that went up out 
of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had 
carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; 7 Who came with 
Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, 
Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; 8The children of Parosh, 
two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and 
two. !°The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children 
of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 12 The children of Elam, a thousand 
two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. '4 The children of 
Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.* 16 The 
children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. !” The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred 
twenty and two. 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19 The children of 
Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. #° The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. 2! The 
children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and 
eight. 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 24 The children of Hariph, an hundred 
and twelve.§ 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.** 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, 
an hundred fourscore and eight. 2”? The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 28 The men of 
Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.'t 29The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred 
forty and three.*# 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. 3! The men of Michmas, 
an hundred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. 33 The 
men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty 
and four. 35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 3¢The children of Jericho, three hundred 
forty and five. 3” The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children 
of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 





* 
t 6:17 sent...: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah t 6:19 words: or, matters 7:4 large: Heb. broad in spaces t a 
RK 
Azariah: also called, Seraiah $ 7:15 Binnui: also called, Bani § 7:24 Hariph: also called, Jora 7:25 Gibeon: also called, 
Gibbar tt 7:28 Beth-azmaveth: also called, Azmaveth +4 7:29 Kirjath-jearim: also called, Kirjath-arim 


Nehemiah 7:39 391 Nehemiah 8:5 


39 q The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 
40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 4! The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred 
forty and seven. 42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 

43 q The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and 
four.88 

44q The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. 

45 q The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children 
of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. 

46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 The 
children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, 48 The children of Lebana, the children of 
Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 4? The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 
50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 5! The children of Gazzam, 
the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, 5? The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the 
children of Nephishesim, %3 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 
54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, *>The children of Barkos, the 
children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, °° The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 

57q The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children 
of Perida, 58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 5° The children of 
Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.”** ©All 
the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two. §! And 
these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they 
could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.ttt 2 The children of 
Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 

63 q And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which 
took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. ®4 These 
sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore 
were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. © And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should 
not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.*## 

66 q The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 
67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred 
thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. © Their 
horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: 6 Their camels, four 
hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 

70 q And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a 
thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.$88* 71 And some of the 
chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand 
and two hundred pound of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand 
drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments. 73 So the 
priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, 
oe all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in 
their cities. 


8 

1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the 
water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD 
had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men 
and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.” 
3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, 
before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were 
attentive unto the book of the law.t 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they 
had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and 
Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, 
and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.* 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight 
of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:8 





RK 
§§ 7:43 Hodevah: also called, Hodaviah or Judah 7:59 Amon: also called, Ami ttt 7:61 seed: or, pedigree +44 7:65 
* * 
the Tirshatha: or, the governor S88 7:79 some: Heb. part. 7:70 The Tirshatha: or, the governor 8:2 that...: Heb. that 


understood in hearing t 8:3 from...: Heb. from the light # 8:4 pulpit...: Heb. tower of wood § 8:5 sight: Heb. eyes 


Nehemiah 8:6 392 Nehemiah 9:13 


6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting 
up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, 
Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people 
stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and 
caused them to understand the reading. 

9q And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught 
the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. 


For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.”* 1°Then he said unto them, Go your 
way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for 
this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11 So 
the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 
12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, 
because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 

13 q And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the 


priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.tt 14 And they 
found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should 


dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:## 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in 
all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine 
branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it 
is written. 

16 q So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the 
roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the 
water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the congregation of them that were 
come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua 
the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 
18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they 


kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.8§ 


1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, 
and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. ? And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all 


strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.” 3 And they stood up 
in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and 
another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. 

4q Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, 
Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.t 5Then the Levites, 
Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up 
and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted 
above all blessing and praise. © Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of 
heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the LORD the God, 
who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name 
of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart faithful 

before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the 
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and 
hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, 
and heardest their cry by the Red sea; !° And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his 
servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So 
didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. !! And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they 
went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, 
as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and 
in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 3 Thou camest 
down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, 





sk 
8:9 the Tirshatha: or, the governor KE 8:13 to understand...: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law +t 8:14 
* 
by: Heb. by the hand of §§ 8:18 a solemn...: Heb. a restraint 9:2 strangers: Heb. strange children t 9:4 stairs: or, scaffold 


Nehemiah 9:14 393 Nehemiah 9:38 


and true laws, good statutes and commandments:* 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, 
and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: 5 And gavest 
them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their 
thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give 
them.8 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy 
commandments, !7 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among 
them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: 
but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and 


forsookest them not.”* 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that 
brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; !° Yet thou in thy manifold mercies 
forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed 

not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them 
light, and the way wherein they should go. 2° Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and 
withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, forty years 
didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and 
their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into 
comers: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og 
king of Bashan. 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them 
into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess 
it. 24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants 
of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the 
land, that they might do with them as they would.tt 25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and 
possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: 
so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.*#8§ 
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, 
and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great 
provocations. 2? Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: 
and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and 
according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their 
enemies. 28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the 
hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried 
unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy 


mercies; 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet 
they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, 
(which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and 
would not hear.ttt 30 yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy 
spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the 
people of the lands.*##88§ 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume 
them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, 
the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little 
before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our 
prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this 


day."t 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have 
done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor 
hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, 
and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked 
works. 36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the 
fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto 
the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, 
and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we make a 





t 9:13 true...: Heb. laws oftruth 8 9:15 which... Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them . 9:17 aGod...: Heb. a 
p g 
God of pardons tt 9:24 as they...: Heb. according to their will +t 9:25 wells: or, cisterns §§ 9:25 fruit...: Heb. tree of food 
* 
9:28 they did...; Heb. they returned to do evil At 9:29 withdrew...: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder +44 9:30 


* 
forbear...: Heb. protract over them 888 6:30 in thy...: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets 9:32 trouble: Heb. weariness i 9:32 
that...: Heb. that hath found us 


Nehemiah 10:1 394 Nehemiah 11:9 


sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.+ 


10 

1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,*t 
2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, 
Meremoth, Obadiah, © Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, 
Shemaiah: these were the priests. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the 
sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 1° And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, !1 Micha, 
Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. !4The chief of the people; 
Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 1° Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, 
Hizkijah, Azzur, 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 2° Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 
21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24 Hallohesh, 
Pileha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, 
Baanah. 

28 q And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and 
all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, 
their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; 29 They clave 
to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which 
was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD 
our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;* 3° And that we would not give our daughters unto the 
people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: 31 And if the people of the land bring ware 
or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the 
holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. 

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the 
service of the house of our God; 33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the 
continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, 
and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 
34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring 
it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn 
upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: 35 And to bring the firstfruits of our 
ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: 3¢ Also 
the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds 
and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our 
God: 37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all 
manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the 
tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of 
our tillage. 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: 
and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into 
the treasure house. 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the 
corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the 
priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. 


1And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of 
ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 And the people blessed 
all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 

3 q Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt 
every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, 
and the children of Solomon’s servants. 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of 
the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the 
son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;” 5 And Maaseiah 
the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the 
son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. © All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred 
threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, 
the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son 
of Jesaiah. 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the son of Zichri 





* 
t 9:38 seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed 10:1 those...: Heb. at the sealings t 10:1 the Tirshatha: or, the governor 
* 
+ 10:29 by: Heb. by the hand of § 10:31 every...: Heb. every hand 11:4 Perez: also called, Pharez 


Nehemiah 11:10 395 Nehemiah 12:24 


was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 1° Of the priests: Jedaiah the 
son of Joiarib, Jachin. 1! Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of 
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. 12 And their brethren that did the work 
of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, 
the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, 13 And his brethren, chief 
of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of 
Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, !4 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and 
eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah 
the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16 And Shabbethai and 
Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.* 
17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the 
thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, 
the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and 
four. 19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred 
seventy and two.8 

20q And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one 
in his inheritance. 21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.”* 
22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son 
of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house 
of God. 23 For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for 
the singers, due for every day.tt 24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah 
the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.** 25 And for the villages, 
with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and 
at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jeshua, and 
at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet, 2” And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof, 
28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 2? And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and 
at Jarmuth, 3° Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and 
in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 3! The children 


also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,88*** 32 and 
at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, the 
valley of craftsmen. 3¢ And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. 


12 

1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and 
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,” 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,t#§ 
4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,** 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,tT## © Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, 
Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.8§ 
8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the 
thanksgiving, he and his brethren.*** 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against 
them in the watches. 

10q And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 11 And Joiada 
begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the 
fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 
14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 1° Of Iddo, 
Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 1” Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 18 Of Bilgah, 
Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 2° Of Sallai, Kallai; of 
Amok, Eber; 2! Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 

22 q The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the 
fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, 
were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24 And 
the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren 





t 11:14 the son...: or, the son of Haggedolim + 11:16 had...: Heb. were over § 11:19 the gates: Heb. at the gates a 11:21 
Ophel: or, the tower tt 11:23 a certain...: or, a sure ordinance + 11:24 Zerah: also called, Zarah §§ 11:31 from: or, of 
ae 11:31 at: or, to - 12:2 Malluch: also called, Melicu t 12:3 Shechaniah: also called, Shebaniah t 12:3 Rehum: also 
called, Harim § 12:3 Meremoth: also called, Meraioth is 12:4 Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon tt 12:5 Miamin: also called, 


Miniamin + 12:5 Maadiah: also called, Moadiah §§ 12:7 Sallu: also called, Sallai ae 12:8 the thanksgiving: that is, the 
psalms of thanksgiving 


Nehemiah 12:25 396 Nehemiah 13:6 


over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of 
God, ward over against ward. 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were 
porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.ttt 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the 
son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the 
scribe. 

27 q And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, 
to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with 
singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves 
together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; 
29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded 
them villages round about Jerusalem. 3° And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and 
purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, 
and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the 
wall toward the dung gate: 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33 And 
Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 5 And certain of 
the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of 
Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and 
Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the 
man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. 3” And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, 
they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, 
even unto the water gate eastward. 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against 
them, and | after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces 
even unto the broad wall; 39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above 
the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they 
stood still in the prison gate. 4°So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, 
and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, 
Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and 
Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah 
their overseer.*#* 43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them 
rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard 
even afar off. 

44q And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for 
the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the 
law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.S8$*t 
45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, 
according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 4° For in the days of David and Asaph 
of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 47 And all Israel in 
the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, 
every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them 
unto the children of Aaron.+ 


13 


10n that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found 


written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;*t 
2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, 
that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, 
when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. 

4q And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our 
God, was allied unto Tobiah:* 5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they 
laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, 
and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and 
the offerings of the priests.§ © But in all this time was not | at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth 
year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of 





ttt 12:25 thresholds: or, treasuries, or, assemblies $44 12:42 sang...: Heb. made their voice to be heard §§§ 12:44 of the law: 
* 
that is, appointed by the law 12:44 for Judah...: Heb. for the joy of Judah t 12:44 waited: Heb. stood + 12:47 sanctified: that 


* 
is, set apart 13:1 they...: Heb. there was read a 13:1 audience: Heb. ears + 13:4 having...: Heb. being set over § 13:5 
which...: Heb. the commandment of the Levites 


Nehemiah 13:7 397 Nehemiah 13:31 


the king:**tt 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in 
preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast 
forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the 
chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the 
frankincense. 

10q And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the 
singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and 
said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.** 
12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.8§ 
13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the 
Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were 
counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren."**ttt### 14 Remember me, 0 
my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, 
and for the offices thereof.888* 

15 q In those days saw I in Judah some treading 

wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, 
and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and testified against 
them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 1“ There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, 
and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 1”? Then! 
contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane 
the sabbath day? !8 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon 
this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. 1° And it came to pass, that 
when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should 
be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set 
Tat the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 2° So the merchants and 
sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 2! Then I testified against them, and 
said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time 
forth came they no more on the sabbath.t 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse 
themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, 
O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.* 

23 q In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:8 24 And 
their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but 
according to the language of each people.**tt 25 and I contended with them, and cursed them, and 
smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give 
your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.*# 26 Did not 
Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who 
was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish 
women cause to sin. 2” Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our 
God in marrying strange wives? 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was 
son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. 2? Remember them, 0 my God, 
because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.8§ 
30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, 
every one in his business; 3! And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. 
Remember me, O my God, for good. 





. 13:6 after...: Heb. at the end of days tt 13:6 obtained...: or, I earnestly requested +4 13:11 place: Heb. standing 88 13:12 
treasuries: or, storehouses ba 13:13 treasuries: or, storehouses ttt 13:13 next...: Heb. at their hand +44 13:13 their 
office...: Heb. it was upon them S88 13:14 good...: Heb. kindnesses . 13:14 offices: or, observations t 13:21 about: Heb. 
before + 13:22 greatness: or, multitude § 13:23 had...: Heb. had made to dwell with them ga 13:24 could...: Heb. they 


discerned not to speak tt 13:24 of each...: Heb. of people and people + 13:25 cursed: or, reviled 88 13:29 because...: Heb. 
for the defilings 


Esther 1:1 398 Esther 2:2 


The Book of Esther 


1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even 
unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 2 That in those days, when the king 
Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, 3 In the third year of his 
reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles 
and princes of the provinces, being before him: 4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom 
and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. 5 And when 
these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the 
palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;* © Where 
were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and 
pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and 
black, marble.t# 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from 
another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.8** 8 And the drinking was 
according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, 
that they should do according to every man’s pleasure. ° Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the 
women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 

10q On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, 
Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the 
presence of Ahasuerus the king,tT 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, 
to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.** 12 But the queen Vashti 
refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, 
and his anger burned in him.S$§ 

13q Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward 
all that knew law and judgment: '4 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, 
Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and 
which sat the first in the kingdom;) 15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because 
she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?*** 16 And 
Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the 
king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king 
Ahasuerus. !’ For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise 
their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the 
queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media 
say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there 
arise too much contempt and wrath. 19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from 
him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That 
Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that 
is better than she. ttt###888* 20 And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published 
throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to 
great and small. 21 And the saying pleased 

the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:1 22 For he sent letters 
into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people 
after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published 
according to the language of every people.+ 


1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and 
what she had done, and what was decreed against her. * Then said the king’s servants that ministered 





i 1:5 present: Heb. found t 1:6 blue, hangings: or, violet, etc t 1:6 of red...: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and 
stone of blue colour 8 1:7 royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom a, 1:7 state: Heb. hand tt 1:10 chamberlains: or, eunuchs 
+H 1:11 fair...: Heb. good of countenance 88 i12 by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs ae 1:15 What...: Heb. 
Whattodo TTT 1:19 Ifit...: Heb. If it be good with the king Ht 1:19 unto...: Heb. unto her companion 888 1:19 from him: 


* 
Heb. from before him 1:19 be not...: Heb. pass not away t 1:21 pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king t 1:22 that 
it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people 


Esther 2:3 399 Esther 3:2 


unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3 And let the king appoint officers in all 
the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan 
the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper 


of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:*t 4 And let the maiden which 
pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. 

5 ¢ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, 
the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; © Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the 
captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of 
Babylon had carried away.* 7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she 
had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father 
and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.8** 

8 ¢ So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many 
maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was 
brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. ° And the maiden 

leased 
: him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with 
such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s 


house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.tt## 10Esther 
had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew 
it. 1 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, 
and what should become of her.S§ 

12 q Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been 
twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications 
accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other 
things for the purifying of the women;) 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever 
she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house. 14 In 
the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the 
custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king 
no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. 

15 q Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken 
her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s 
chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them 
that looked upon her. 1° So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth 
month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above 
all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set 


the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti."**ttt 18 Then the king made 
a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the 


provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.¥## 19 And when the virgins were gathered 
together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate. 2° Esther had not yet shewed her kindred 
nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as 
when she was brought up with him. 

21q In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and 
Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.$§8* 
22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the 
king thereof in Mordecai’s name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; 
therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the 
king. 


3 
1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and 
advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. 2 And all the king’s servants, 
that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning 





* 2:3 unto the...: Heb. unto the hand t 2:3 Hege: also called, Hegai # 2:6 Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin 8 27 brought...: 
Heb. nourished a 2:7 fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance tt 2:9 such...: Heb. her portions +H 2:9 preferred: 
Heb. changed 88 9:11 to know... Heb. to know the peace aad 2:17 favour: or, kindness ttt 2:17 in his...: Heb. before him 
+4 2:18 release: Heb. rest §8§ 2:21 Bigthan: also called, Bigthana x 2:21 the door: Heb. the threshold 


Esther 3:3 400 Esther 4:13 


him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. 3 Then the king’s servants, which were in the 
king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment? 4 Now it came to 
pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see 
whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. > And when Haman 
saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 And he thought 
scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore 
Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the 
people of Mordecai. 

7q In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, 
that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, 
the month Adar. 

8 q And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed 
among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; 


neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.” 9 If it please 
the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to 
the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.t* 10 And 
the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the 
Jews’ enemy.S 1! And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with 
them as it seemeth good to thee. 12 Then were the king’s scribes 

called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman 
had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and 
to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people 


after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.** 
13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to 
perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day 
of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. !4The copy of 
the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they 
should be ready against that day. 15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, 
and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the 
city Shushan was perplexed. 


1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with 
ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 2 And came even 
before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 And in every 
province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning 


among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.” 

4q So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly 
grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he 
received it not.t 

5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend 
upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.* 6So Hatach 
went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate. 7 And Mordecai 
told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised 
to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing 
of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto 
her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make 
request before him for her people. 9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 

10q Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; 1! All the king’s 
servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, 
shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to 
death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not 
been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. 12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words. 
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the 





* 

3:8 for the...: Heb. meet or, equal, etc t 3:9 that they...: Heb. to destroy them t 3:9 pay: Heb. weigh § 3:10 enemy: or, 
KK * 

oppressor 3:12 scribes: or, secretaries 4:3 many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many t 4:4 chamberlains: 


Heb. eunuchs + 4:5 appointed...: Heb. set before her 


Esther 4:14 401 Esther 6:7 


king’s house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall 
there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s 
house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as 
this?8 

15 q Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are 
present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and 
my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if 


I perish, I perish.** 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded 
him. tt 


S) 


1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner 
court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the 
royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen 
standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden 
sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the 
king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the 
half of the kingdom. 4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come 
this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. > Then the king said, Cause Haman to make 
haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had 
prepared. 

6 q And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted 
thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. 7 Then answered 
Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it 
please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the 
banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.” 

9q Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in 
the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. 
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, 
and Zeresh his wife.t 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his 
children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above 
the princes and servants of the king. 12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man 
come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am invited 
unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting 
at the king’s gate. 

14q Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits 
high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in 
merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to 
be made.+ 


6 
10n that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the 


chronicles; and they were read before the king.” 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of 
Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand 
on the king Ahasuerus.t# 3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai 
for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. 

4q And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s 
house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the 
king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come 
in. 6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king 
delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour 
more than to myself?§ 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth 





2K * 
§ 4:14 enlargement: Heb. respiration 4:16 present: Heb. found tt 4:17 went...: Heb. passed 5:8 perform: Heb. do 
8 P. p P Pp 
* 
t 5:10 called...: Heb. caused to come t 5:14 gallows: Heb. tree 6:1 could...: Heb. the king’s sleep fled awa’ t 6:2 Bigthana: 
8 8 Pp ly | 
also called, Bigthan # 6:2 door: Heb. threshold § 6:6 whom the king...: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth 


Esther 6:8 402 Esther 8:6 


to honour,” 8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the 
king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:tt## 9 And let this apparel and horse 
be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal 
whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and 
proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.8§ !°Then 


the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even 


so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.*** 


Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback 
through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom 
the king delighteth 

to honour. 

12q And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and 
having his head covered. 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had 
befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the 
Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall 
before him. 14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to 
bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. 


7 


1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.” 2 And the king said again unto 
Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be 
granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please 
the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4 For we are sold, I 
and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and 
bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.t 

5 q Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, 
that durst presume in his heart to do so?* 6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked 


Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.$** 

7q And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and 
Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil 
determined against him by the king. Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place 
of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, 
Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they 
covered Haman’s face.tt 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, 
the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, 
standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.** 1° So they hanged Haman 
on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified. 


8 

10n that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the 
queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. 2 And the king 
took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai 
over the house of Haman. 

3 q And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with 
tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the 
Jews.” 4Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before 
the king, > And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem 
right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by 
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the 
king’s provinces:t¥ 6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can 





ct 
6:7 whom the king...: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth $F 6:8 Let...: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel + 6:8 


which the king...: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself §§ 6:9 bring...: Heb. cause him to ride ee 6:10 let...: Heb. suffer 
not a whit to fall . 7:1 to banquet: Heb. to drink t 7:4 to be destroyed...: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to 
perish t 75 that...: Heb. whose heart hath filled him 8 7:6 The adversary: Heb. The man adversary oe 7:6 before: or, at 
the presence of tt 7:8 before me: Heb. with me +4 7:9 gallows: Heb. tree ss 8:3 and besought...: Heb. and she wept, and 
besought him t 8:5 devised: Heb. the device t 8:5 which he...: or, who wrote 


Esther 8:7 403 Esther 9:16 


lendure to see the destruction of my kindred?§ 

7q Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have 
given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his 
hand upon the Jews. 8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with 
the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, 
may no man reverse. 9? Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the 
month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai 
commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which 
are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according 
to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their 
writing, and according to their language. !° And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it 
with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders 

on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: !! Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every 
city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, 
all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and 
to take the spoil of them for a prey, !2 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, 
upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. !3 The copy of the writing 
for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews 


should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.” 14 So the posts that rode 
upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And 
the decree was given at Shushan the palace. 

15q And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with 
a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced 
and was glad.tt 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 17 And in every province, 
and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and 
gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the 
Jews fell upon them. 


1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the 
king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies 
of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had 
rule over them that hated them;) 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout 
all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could 
withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the 
lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the tne helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai 
fell upon them.” 4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the 
provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. 5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies 
with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those 


that hated them.t ¢ And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7 And 
Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 And Parmashta, 
and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, !° The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of 
the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 11 On that day the number of those that 
were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.* 

12q And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in 
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? 
now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be 
done. 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to 
do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the 
gallows.S 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and 
they hanged Haman’s ten sons. 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on 
the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey 
they laid not their hand. 1¢ But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves 
together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and 





a * 
8 8.6 endure... Heb. be able that I may see 8:13 published: Heb. revealed tt 8:15 blue: or, violet 9:3. officers...: 
Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king t 9:5 what...: Heb. according to their will + 9:11 was...: Heb. came 
§ 9.13 let Haman’s...: Heb. let men hang, etc 


Esther 9:17 404 Esther 10:3 


five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; 


and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.** 18But 
the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth 
thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 
19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the 
month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. 
20q And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces 
of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 2! To stablish this among them, that they should keep the 
fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, 22 As the days wherein the 
Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and 
from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending 
portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as 
Mordecai had written unto them; 24Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of 
all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume 
them, and to destroy them;tt 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that 
his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he 
and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.** 26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the 
name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning 
this matter, and which had come unto them, S$ 27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon 
their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would 
keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;""" 
28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every 
province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the 
memorial of them perish from their seed. ttt### 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and 
Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.88§ 3° And he sent 
the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, 
with words of peace and truth, 3!To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as 
Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves 


and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.” 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed 
these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. 


10 
1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. 2 And all the acts 
of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king 
advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?” 
3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the 
multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. 





7 9:17 of the same: Heb. in it tt 9:24 consume: Heb. crush + 9:25 when...: Heb. when she came §§ 9:26 Pur: that is, 
RK 
Lot 9:27 fail: Heb. pass oT, 9:28 fail: Heb. pass +t 9:28 perish: Heb. be ended §8§ 9:29 authority: Heb. strength 


* 
9:31 themselves: Heb. their souls 10:2 advanced...: Heb. made him great 


Job 1:1 405 Job 2:5 


The Book of Job 


1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, 
and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three 
daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five 
hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was 


the greatest of all the men of the east." + 

4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their 
three sisters to eat and to drink with them. ° And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone 
about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings 
according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God 
in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 

6 ¢ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and 
Satan came also among them.**tt 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan 
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in 
it. 8And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him 
in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?## 9 Then Satan 
answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 1° Hast not thou made an hedge about 
him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his 
hands, and his substance is increased in the land.8§ 1 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that 
he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.”** 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath 
is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of 
the LORD.tTT 

13 q And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their 
eldest brother’s house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and 
the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have 
slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 1° While he was 
yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned 
up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.*¥# 
17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, 
and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of 
the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.88§ 18 While he was yet speaking, there came also 
another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s 
house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the 
house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.” 

20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and 
worshipped,t 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: 
the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. 22 In all this Job 
sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.* 


Z 
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and 
Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, 
From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the 
earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my 
servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, 
and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to 


destroy him without cause.” 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a 
man hath will he give for his life. 5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and 





x 1:3 substance: or, cattle t 1:3 household: or, husbandry t 1:3 men: Heb. sons 8 1:5 continually: Heb. all the days 

a3 1:6 Satan: Heb. the adversary tt 1:6 among: Heb. in the midst of +H 1:8 considered: Heb. set thy heart on §§ 1:10 
substance: or, cattle sia 1:11 and he...: Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face ttt 1:12 power: Heb. hand Ht 1:16 The fire...: 
or, A great fire §§§ 1:17 fell: Heb. rushed * 1:19 from...: Heb. from aside, etc t 1:20 mantle: or, robe # 1:22 charged...: 


* 
or, attributed folly to God 2:3 to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up 


Job 2:6 406 Job 4:10 


he will curse thee to thy face. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his 
life.t 

7q So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole 
of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down 
among the ashes. 

9q Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 1° But he 
said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at 
the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 

11 q Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every 
one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for 
they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. 12 And when 
they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent 
every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with 
him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that 
his grief was very great. 


3 

1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said,” 3 Let the day perish 
wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day 
be darkness; let not God regard 

it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. > Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; 
let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.t¥ © As for that night, let darkness seize 
upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.8 
7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Let them curse it that curse the day, 
who are ready to raise up their mourning.”** 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look 
for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:tt 10 Because it shut not up the doors 
of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 

11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13 For now should I have 
lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, !4 With kings and counsellors of 
the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their 
houses with silver: 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.*# 18 There the prisoners rest 
together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. !9 The small and great are there; and the servant is 
free from his master. 

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 2! Which long 
for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;S8 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, 
and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom 
God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the 
waters.” 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is 
come unto me.ttt 26] was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. 


4 


1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be 


grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?*t 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and 
thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou 
hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth 
thee, and thou art troubled. © Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy 
ways? 

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. ° By the blast of God 


they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.* 1° The roaring of the lion, and the 





t 2:6 but: or, only ie 3:2 spake: Heb. answered t 3:5 stain: or, challenge # 3:5 let the...: or, let them terrify it, as those who 
have a bitter day 8 3.6 let it not be... or, let it not rejoice among the days i 3:8 their...: or, leviathan tt 3:9 the dawning...: 
Heb. the eyelids of the morning + 3:17 weary: Heb. wearied in strength §§ 3:21 long: Heb. wait oc 3:24 leat: Heb. my 
meat ttt 3:25 the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me . 4:2 to... Heb. a word t 4:2 withhold...: Heb. refrain 
from words? # 4:9 by the breath...: that is, by his anger 


Job 4:11 407 Job 6:6 


voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack 
of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad. 

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.8 13 In thoughts 
from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, 
which made all my bones to shake.”*tT 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh 
stood up: 1 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, 
there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,** 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man 
be more pure than his maker? 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged 
with folly:8$ 19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, 
which are crushed before the moth? 2° They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for 
ever without any regarding it.*** 21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even 
without wisdom. 


5 


1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?* 2 For 
wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.t 31 have seen the foolish taking root: but 
suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, 
neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of 
the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;* 
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.$** 81 would seek unto God, and unto God 
would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without 
number:tt## 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:S§ 11 To set up 
on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the 
devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in 
their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14They meet with darkness 
in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.‘ tt 15But he saveth the poor from the sword, 
from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth 

her mouth. 

17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the 
Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall 
deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 2° In famine he shall redeem 
thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.*#* 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge 
of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.S8§ 22 At destruction and 
famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 For thou shalt be 
in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 74 And 
thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not 
sin.” t 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave ina full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.§ 27 Lo this, 


we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.** 


1But Job answered and said, ? Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the 
balances together!” 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are 
swallowed up.t 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my 
spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. > Doth the wild ass bray when he hath 
grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?* 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is 





S ana secretly: Heb. by stealth is 4:14 came...: Heb. met tt 4:14 all: Heb. the multitude of +H 4:16 there...: or, [heard a 
still voice $8 4:18 and his... or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light os 4:20 destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces ’ 5:1 turn: 
or, look? t 5:2 envy: or, indignation # 5:6 affliction: or, iniquity 8 5:7 trouble: or, labour as 5:7 sparks...: Heb. the sons 
of the burning coal lift up to fly tt 5:9 unsearchable: Heb. there is no search 4 5:9 without...: Heb. till there be no number 
88 5:10 fields: Heb. outplaces sy 5:12 their enterprise: or, any thing ttt 5:14 meet...: or, run into FEE 5.00 power: Heb. 


* 
hands 88S 5:21 from...: or, when the tongue scourgeth 5:24 thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle t 5:24 sin: or, 





aK * 
err + 5:25 great: or, much § 5:26 cometh in: Heb. ascendeth 5:27 for...: Heb. for thyself 6:2 laid: Heb. lifted up 


t 6:3 my words...: that is, 1 want words to express my grief # 6:5 when he...: Heb. at grass? 


Job 6:7 408 Job 8:3 


there any taste in the white of an egg? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful 
meat. 

8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even 
that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 1°Then should 
I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed 
the words of the Holy One. !! What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I 
should prolong my life? 121s my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?”” 131s not my 
help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 

14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the 
Almighty.tt 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass 
away; !¢ Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 1” What time they wax 
warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.+#88*** 18 The paths of their 
way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies 
of Sheba waited for them. 2° They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and 
were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid, ttt##+ 

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the 
enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: 
and cause me to understand wherein have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your 
arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which 
are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.S8§ 28 Now therefore 
be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if] lie.* 2°Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; 
yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.t 301s there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern 
perverse things?* 


v 


1Js there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?* 
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:t 3So0 
am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, 
I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of 
the day.* 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. 

70 remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.8** 8 The eye of him that hath 
seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.{t 9 As the cloud is consumed and 
vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 1° He shall return no more 
to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. !! Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I 
will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am 1a sea, ora 
whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease 
my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my 
soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.** 161 loathe it; 1 would not live alway: let me 
alone; for my days are vanity. 

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon 
him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt 
thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 2°1 have sinned; what shall 
Ido unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a 
burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? 
for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. 


1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how 
long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the 





aK 
6:8 the thing...: Heb. my expectation 6:12 of brass: Heb. brasen? 6:14 is afflictea: Heb. meltet. 6:17 vanish: 
8 6:8 the thing...: Heb. my expectati fb b. brasen? tT 6:14 is afflicted: Heb. melteth  ¥# ish 
BRK 
Heb. are cut off 8§ 6:17 when...: Heb. in the heat thereof 6:17 consumed: Heb. extinguished a 6:21 ye are...: or, ye 
* 
are like to them: Heb. to it +t 6:21 nothing: Heb. not §8§ 6:27 ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon 6:28 evident...: 
* 
Heb. before your face t 6:29 in it: that is, in this matter # 6:30 my taste: Heb. my palate 7:1 an appointed...: or, a warfare 
t 7:2 earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after + 7:4 the night...: Heb. the evening be measured? § 7:7 shall...: Heb. shall not return 


3k 
7:7 see: to see, that is, to enjoy tt 7:8 1am...: that is, I can live no longer + 7:15 life: Heb. bones 


Job 8:4 409 Job 9:33 


Almighty pervert justice? 4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away 
for their transgression;* 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the 
Almighty; °If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation 
of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly 
increase. 

8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: ° (For 
we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth area shadow:)t 1shall not they 
teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? 
can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth 
before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: 
14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.* 15 He shall lean upon his house, 
but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. !©He is green before the sun, and his 
branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of 
stones. 18Ifhe destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. !9 Behold, 
this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. 

20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:$** 21 Till he fill 
thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.tt 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with 
shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.## 


9 


1 Then Job answered and said, 21 know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?* 
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and 
mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth 
the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth 
out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and 
sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the 
sea.t 9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.* 1° Which doeth 
great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. !!Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him 
not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who 
will say unto him, What doest thou?§ 13 if God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop 
under him.** 

14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I 
were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 1¢IfI had called, and 
he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh 
me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my 
breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who 
shall set me a time to plead? 2° If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am 
perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 2! Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would 
despise my life. 

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay 
suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: 
he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 

25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away 
as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.'t 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will 
leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 281 am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not 
hold me innocent. 29 If 1 be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 3°If I wash myself with snow water, and 
make my hands never so clean; 3! Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall 
abhor me.** 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together 


in judgment. 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.88*** 





i 8:4 for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression t 8:9 nothing: Heb. not t 8:14 web: Heb. house § 8:20 help...: Heb. take 
the ungodly by the hand = 8:20 come: Heb. shall not be tt 8:21 rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy +t 8:22 shall come...: Heb. 
shall not be . 9:2 with God: or, before God? t 9:8 waves: Heb. heights t 9:9 Arcturus...: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah § 9:12 
hinder...: Heb. turn him away? a 9:13 proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength tt 9:26 swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships 


EK 
of desire ¥# 9:31 abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred §§ 933 any...: Heb. one that should argue 9:33 daysman: or, 
umpire 


Job 9:34 410 Job 11:20 


34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not 
fear him; but it is not so with me.ttt 


10 

1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of 
my soul.” 21 will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3s 
it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, 
and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 5 Are 
thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days, That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and 
searchest after my sin? 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of 
thine hand.+ 

8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.§ 
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust 
again? !0Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 1! Thou hast clothed me 
with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.”” 12 Thou hast granted me life and 
favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I 
know that this is with thee. 

14Tf] sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15If1I be wicked, woe 
unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou 
mine affliction; 1° For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself 
marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation 
upon me; changes and war are against me.'t 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the 
womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 191 should have been as though I had 
not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 2° Are not my days few? cease then, 
and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the 


land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow 
of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. 


11 

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, ? Should not the multitude of words be answered? 
and shoulda man full of talk be justified?* 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou 
mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean 
in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would shew 
thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of 
thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. 

7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as 
high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?* The measure thereof 
is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 1° If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, 
then who can hinder him?8** 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then 
consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.tt 

131f thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 1“ If iniquity be in thine hand, 
put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face 
without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 1°Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and 
remember it as waters that pass away: 1” And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt 
shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.+# 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, 
thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none 
shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.S$ 2° But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, 
and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.**ttt 





ttt 9:35 it is...: Heb. 1am not so with myself i 10:1 weary...: or, cut off while I live t 10:3 work: Heb. labour # 10:7 Thou...: 
Heb. It is upon thy knowledge § 10:8 have...: Heb. took pains about me i 10:11 fenced: Heb. hedged tt 10:17 witnesses: 
that is, plagues 11:2 full...: Heb. of lips t 11:3 lies: or, devices t 11:8 as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven § iio 
cut...: or, make a change = 11:10 hinder...: Heb. turn him away? tt 11:12 vain: Heb. empty +H 11:17 be clearer...: Heb. 


arise above 88 11:19 make suit...: Heb. intreat thy face ae 11:20 they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them Tit 11:20 
the giving...: or, a puff of breath 


Job 12:1 411 Job 13:28 
12 


1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But 
I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as 


these?” t# 41 am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the 
just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the 
thought of him that is at ease. 

6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God 
bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and 
they shall tell thee: §Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare 
unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 1° In whose 
hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.8** 11 Doth not the ear try words? 
and the mouth taste his meat?tt 

12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and 
strength, he hath counsel and understanding.#* 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built 
again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.8§ 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, 
and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and 
wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh 
the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. 19 He leadeth 
princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and 
taketh away the understanding of the aged.*** 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth 
the strength of the mighty.'tt 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light 
the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, 
and straiteneth them again.*#* 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and 
causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, 
and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.88§ 


1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do 
I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason 
with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 50 that ye would altogether hold 
your peace! and it should be your wisdom. ® Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of 
my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will ye accept his person? will 
ye contend for God? 9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye 
so mock him? !°He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. 1 Shall not his excellency 
make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? 12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies 
to bodies of clay. 


13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.” 14 wherefore do I 
take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: 
but I will maintain mine own ways before him.t 16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall 
not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, 
I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, 
if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 2° Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide 
myself from thee. 2! Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 2Then 
call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. 

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven 
to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and 
makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 2” Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest 


narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.*§ 28 And he, as a rotten 
thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. 





. 12:3 understanding: Heb. an heart it 12:3 Lam...: Heb, I fall not lower than you + 12:3 who...: Heb. with whom are not such 
asthese? § 12:10 soul: or, life si 12:10 all...: Heb. all flesh of man tt 12:11 mouth: Heb. palate + 12:13 With...: that 
is, With God 88 jo4 up: Heb. upon vc 12:20 speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful Tit 12:21 weakeneth...: or, looseth the 
girdle of the strong Ht 12:23 straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in S88 12:25 stagger: Heb. wander mr 13:13 Hold...: Heb. Be silent 
fromme 13:15 maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue # 13:27 lookest...: Heb. observest 8 13:27 heels: Heb. roots 


Job 14:1 412 Job 15:31 
14 


1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” 2He cometh forth like a flower, and 
is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such 
an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not 
one.t 5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his 
bounds that he cannot pass; Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, 
his day.* 

7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch 
thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the 
ground; ° Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 1°But man 
dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?§ 11 As the waters fail from 
the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens 
be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 0 that thou wouldest hide me in 
the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me 
a set time, and remember me! 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time 
will I wait, till my change come. !5 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to 
the work of thine hands. 

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed 
up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, 


and the rock is removed out of his place.” 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things 


which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.tt 20 Thou prevailest for 
ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 2! His sons 
come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. 


15 

1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill 
his belly with the east wind?” 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith 
he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.t* 5 For thy mouth 
uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.8 © Thine own mouth condemneth 
thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast 
thou made before the hills? 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to 
thyself? 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? 1° With 
us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. ! Are the consolations of 
God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? 
and what do thy eyes wink at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go 
out of thy mouth? 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he 
should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his 
sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? 

17] will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 8 Which wise men have told 
from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger 
passed among them. 2° The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is 
hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon 
him.** 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He 
wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his 
hand. 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready 
to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the 
Almighty. 26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 2” Because 
he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in 
desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall 
not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon 
the earth. 3°He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath 
of his mouth shall he go away. 3 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his 





* 

14:1 few...: Heb. short of days t 14:4 can...: Heb. will give t 14:6 rest: Heb. cease 8 14:10 wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, 
RK * 

or, cut off 14:18 cometh...: Heb. fadeth tt 14:19 washest...: Heb. overflowest 15:2 vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind 


aK 
t 15:4 castest...: Heb. makest void t 15:4 prayer: or, speech S 15:5 uttereth: Heb. teacheth 15:21 A dreadful...: Heb. A 
sound of fears 


Job 15:32 413 Job 18:4 


recompence. 22It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.tt 33He shall 
shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34For the congregation 
of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 They conceive 


mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.*+ 
16 


1 Then Job answered and said, 21 have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.” 
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?t 41 also could speak 
as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine hea 
at ae 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your 
grief. 

6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?* 7 But now he hath 
made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, 
which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth 
me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his 
eyes upon me. 1° They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek 
reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. !! God hath delivered me to the 
ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.§ 121 was at ease, but he hath broken me 
asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His 
archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my 
gall upon the ground. 14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 151 
have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, 
and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 

17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 180 earth, cover not thou my blood, 
and let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.** 
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.tt 210 that one might plead for aman 
with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!** 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way 
whence I shall not return.8§ 


17 


1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.” 2 Are there not mockers with 
me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?t 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with 
thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: 
therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his 
children shall fail. He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.* 
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.S 8 Upright men shall 
be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also 
shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.” 

10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. !! My 
days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.tt 12 They change the night 
into day: the light is short because of darkness.*¥ 13 If] wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my 
bed in the darkness. 141 have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, 
and my sister.8§ 15 and where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 1 They shall go down 
to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. 


18 
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, 
and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 
4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed 


out of his place?” 





tt 15:32 accomplished: or, cut off +t 15:35 vanity: or, iniquity * 16:2 miserable: or, troublesome t 16:3 vain...: Heb. words 
ofwind * 16:6 what...: Heb. what goeth from me? § 16:11 hath..: Heb. hath shut me up a 16:19 on high: Heb. in the high 
places tt 16:20 scorn me: Heb. are my scorners + 16:21 neighbour: or, friend §§ 16:22 a few...: Heb. years of number 
J 17:1 breath...: or, spirit is spent t 17:2 continue: Heb. lodge + 17:6 aforetime: or, before them § 17:7 my members: 
or, my thoughts a 17:9 be...: Heb. add strength tt 17:11 the thoughts: Heb. the possessions +H 17:12 short: Heb. near 
§§ 17:14 said: Heb. cried, or, called : 18:4 himself: Heb. his soul 


Job 18:5 414 Job 20:3 


5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. © The light 
shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.t 7 The steps of his strength 
shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, 
and he walketh upon a snare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against 
him. 10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.+ 

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.8 12 His strength shall 
be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: 
even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.” 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his 
tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is 
none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 1° His roots shall be dried up beneath, 
and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have 
no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.tt 
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 2° They 
that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.*#88 21 surely 
such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. 


1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.” 
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. ° If indeed ye will magnify 
yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: © Know now that God hath overthrown me, 
and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but 
there is no judgment.t 

8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath 
stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. !°He hath destroyed me on every side, 
and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against 
me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. !2 His troops come together, and raise up their 
way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and 
mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. ™ My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends 
have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an 
alien in their sight. 161 called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. 
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.* 18 Yea, 
young children despised 

me; I arose, and they spake against me.8 19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I 
loved are turned against me.** 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with 


the skin of my teeth.tt 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, 0 ye my friends; for the hand of God 
hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 


23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!** 24 That they were 
graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that 
he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 2° And though after my skin worms destroy this body, 


yet in my flesh shall I see God:8§ 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not 
another; though my reins be consumed within me.” *ttt### 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we 


him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?88§ 2° Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth 
the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. 


1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, 
and for this make haste.” 31 have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding 





a 
t 18:6 candle: or, lam t 18:10 laid: Heb. hidden § 18:11 drive: Heb. scatter 18:13 strength: Heb. bars tt 18:18 
Pp gt 
* 
He...: Heb. They shall drive him +4 18:20 went...: or, lived with him 8§ 18:20 were...: Heb. laid hold on horror 19:3 
make...: or, harden yourselves against me t 19:7 wrong: or, violence t 19:17 mine...: Heb. my belly § to:8 young...: or, 
aK 
the wicked 19:19 my...: Heb, the men of my secret tt 19:20 and to: or, as to + 19:23 Oh...: Heb. Who will give, etc 
RK 
8§ 19:26 And...: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh 19:27 another: Heb. a stranger 
ttt 19:27 though...: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day) #44 19:27 within...: Heb. in my bosom 





* 
S88 j0.28 seeing...: or, and what root of matter is found in me? 20:2 I make...: Heb. my haste is in me 


Job 20:4 415 Job 21:24 


causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, > That the 
triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his 
excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;* 7 Yet he shall perish for 
ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? ® He shall fly away as a 
dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also 
which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 

10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.8 11 His bones are 
full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in 
his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still 
within his mouth:"* "4 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath 
swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He 
shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him. !7 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, 
the brooks of honey and butter.tt 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow 
it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.+* 1° Because 
he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which 
he builded not;8§ 29 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he 
desired.*** 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.ttt 22 In 
the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.*## 

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it 
upon him while he is eating. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him 
through. 25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: 
terrors are upon him. 2¢ All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume 
him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 2” The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the 
earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away 
in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed 
unto him by God.88$§ 


1But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer 
me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and 
if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?* 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand 
upon your mouth.t © Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 

7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in 
their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. ° Their houses are safe from fear, neither 
is the rod of God upon them.* 1° Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth 
not her calf. 1! They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12They take the 
timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a 
moment go down to the grave.§ 4 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the 
knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we 
have, if we pray unto him? !6Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from 
me. 

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God 
distributeth sorrows in his anger.”* 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm 
carrieth away.tt 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know 
it.+# 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what 
pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? 22 Shall 
any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his full strength, being 
wholly at ease and quiet.8§ 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow."** 





cot 
t 20:5 short: Heb. from near # 20:6 clouds: Heb. cloud § 20:10 His children... or, The poor shall oppress his children 20:13 
within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate tt 20:17 the floods...: or, streaming brooks + 20:18 his...: Heb. the substance of his 
RK 
exchange 88 d0:19 oppressed: Heb. crushed 20:20 feel: Heb. know ttt 20:21 none...: or, be none left for his meat 


Ht 20:22 wicked: or, troublesome S88 20:29 appointed...: Heb. of his decree from God . 21:4 troubled: Heb. shortened? 





KK 
t 21:5 Mark...: Heb. Look unto me t 21:9 safe...: Heb. peace from § 21:13 in wealth: or, in mirth 21:17 candle: or, lamp 
tt 21:18 carrieth: Heb. stealeth He 21:19 his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity $8 91:23 his... Heb. his very, or, 


ARR 
the strength of, his perfection 21:24 breasts: or, milk pails 


Job 21:25 416 Job 23:6 


25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26They shall lie down 
alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. 

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye 
say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?ttt 29 Have ye 
not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 3° That the wicked is reserved 
to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.*## 31 who shall declare his 
way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, 
and shall remain in the tomb.888* 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man 
shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing 
in your answers there remaineth falsehood?t 


22 

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is 
wise may be profitable unto himself?” 31s it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or 
is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he 
enter with thee into judgment? 

5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? © For thou hast taken a pledge from 
thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.t 7 Thou hast not given water to the 
weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. ® But as for the mighty man, he had 
the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.*§ 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of 


the fatherless have been broken. 1° Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth 
thee; 1! Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. !2 Is not God in the 


height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!** 13 And thou sayest, How 
doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?tt 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he 
seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 

15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? !¢ Which were cut down out of 
time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:** 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and 
what can the Almighty do for them?$§ 18 yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of 
the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.”**ttt 

21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.*#* 22Receive, 
I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the 
Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt 
thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.8§§ 25 Yea, the Almighty shall 
be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.*t 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the 
Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall 
hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established 
unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, 
There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.* 30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: 
and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.§ 


23 
1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my 
groaning.” 30h that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 41 would order 
my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. >I would know the words which he would 
answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. © Will he plead against me with his great 





ttt 21:28 the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles Het 21:30 wrath: Heb. wraths 888 _91:32 grave: Heb. graves 
: 21:32 remain...: Heb. watch in the heap t 21:34 falsehood: Heb. transgression? m 22:2 as he...: or, if he may be profitable, 
doth his good success depend thereon? t 22:6 the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked + 22:8 mighty...: Heb. man of arm 
§ 22:8 honourable...: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance a 22:12 height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars tt 22:13 
How: or, What + 22:16 whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation 88 99:17 for: or, to iid 22:20 substance: 
or, estate ttt 22:20 the remnant...: or, their excellency $44 22:21 him: that is, God §S§ 22:24 as dust: or, on the dust 
a 22:25 defence: or, gold t 22:25 plenty...: Heb. silver of strength t 22:29 the humble...: Heb. him that hath low eyes § 49:30 





He shall...: or, The innocent shall deliver the islan i 23:2 stroke: Heb. hand 


Job 23:7 417 Job 26:3 


power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should 
I be delivered for ever from my judge. 

8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: ° On the left 
hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot 
see him: !°But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.t 11My 
foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the 


commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.*§ 

13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 4 For 
he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I 
troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. !For God maketh my heart soft, and the 
Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the 
darkness from my face. 


24 
1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 


2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.” 3 They drive away the 
ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. 4They turn the needy out of the way: the 
poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their 
work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. © They reap 
every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.t* 7 They cause the naked to 
lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the 
mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. ° They pluck the fatherless from the breast, 
and take a pledge of the poor. 1° They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away 
the sheaf from the hungry; !! Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer 
thirst. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not 
folly to them. 

13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the 
paths thereof. !4 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is 
as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and 
disguiseth his face.§ 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in 
the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one 
know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 

18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the 


vineyards. 1° Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.** 
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; 
and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth 
not good to the widow. 2? He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure 
of life.tt 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. 
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all 


other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.*#§§ 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, 
and make my speech nothing worth? 


22 
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in 
his high places. 31s there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? 4 How 
then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even 
to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. © How much less man, that is a 
worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? 


26 


1But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the 
arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou 





t 23:10 that...: Heb. that is with me # 23:12 esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up 8 93:12 my...: or, my appointed portion - 24:2 
feed...: or, feed them t 24:6 corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge t 24:6 they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage 
§ 24:15 disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret a 24:19 consume: Heb. violently take tt 24:22 no...: or, he trusteth not 
his own life +4 24:24 are gone: Heb. are not 8§ 24:24 taken...: Heb. closed up 


Job 26:4 418 Job 28:17 


plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from 
thee? 

5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.” © Hell is naked before 
him, and destruction hath no covering. 7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth 
the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under 
them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 19 He hath compassed 
the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.t 1 The pillars of heaven tremble 
and are astonished at his reproof. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he 
smiteth through the proud.* 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the 
crooked serpent. 14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the 
thunder of his power who can understand? 


27 

1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,” 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; 
and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;t 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is 
in my nostrils;* 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I 
should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. © My righteousness I hold fast, 
and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.S 

7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. For what 
is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear 
his cry when trouble cometh upon him? !° Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call 
upon God? 

11] will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.”* !2Behold, 
all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked 
man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14Ifhis children 
be multiplied, itis for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 5 Those that remain 
of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 1©Though he heap up silver as the dust, 
and prepare raiment as the clay; !7 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall 
divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. !° The rich 
man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 2° Terrors take 
hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, 
and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not 


spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.tt 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out 
of his place. 


28 

1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.” 2 Iron is taken out of 
the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.t 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out 
all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the 
inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As 
for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. ©The stones of it are 
the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.* 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which 
the vulture’s eye hath not seen: ® The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed 
by it. ?He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.8 1° He 
cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. !! He bindeth the floods 
from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.** 12 But where shall wisdom be 
found? and where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it 
found in the land of the living. 

14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, 
neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.tt 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, 
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. !” The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange 





‘ 26:5 and the...: or, with the inhabitants t 26:10 until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness # 26:12 the proud: Heb. 
pride * 27:1 continued: Heb. added to take up t 27:2 vexed...: Heb, made my soul bitter + 27:3 the spirit...: that is, the 
breath which God gave him 8 27:6 so long...: Heb. from my days a 27:11 by...: or, being in the hand, etc tt 27:22 he... 
Heb. in fleeing he would flee . 28:1 vein: or, mine t 28:2 earth: or, dust t 28:6 dust...: or, gold ore § 28:9 rock: or, flint 


ok 
28:11 overflowing: Heb. weeping tt 28:15 It...: Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it 


Job 28:18 419 Job 30:14 


of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.¥¥ 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price 
of wen is above rubies.8§ 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with 
pure gold. 

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from 
the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.*** 22 Destruction and death say, We have 
heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place 
thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the 
weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, 
and a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, 
and searched it out.ttt 28 and unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to 
depart from evil is understanding. 


29 


1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,” 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days 
when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through 
darkness;t 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When 
the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; ® When I washed my steps with butter, 
and the rock poured me out rivers of oil:# 

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young 
men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. ?The princes refrained talking, and 
laid their hand on their mouth. 1° The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of 
their mouth.§ 11 when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness 
to me: !2 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing 
for joy. 141 put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 151 was 
eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 161 was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew 
not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.** TT 

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread 
out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.#* 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow 
was renewed in my hand.8$*** 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me 
as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If 1 laughed on them, they 
believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. 251 chose out their way, and sat 
chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. 


1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained 
to have set with the dogs of my flock.* 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in 
whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in 
former time desolate and waste.t# 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their 
meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief:) © To dwell in 
the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.§ 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under 
the nettles they were gathered together. 8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they 
were viler than the earth.** 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 1°They abhor me, they 
flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.tt 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted 
me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away 
my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. 13 They mar my path, they set 
forward my calamity, they have no helper. 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the 
desolation they rolled themselves upon me. 





+ 28:17 jewels...: or, vessels of §§ 28:18 coral: or, Ramoth seas 28:21 air: or, heaven ttt 28:27 declare...: or, number it 
‘ 29:1 continued: Heb. added to take up t 29:3 candle: or, lamp # 29:6 me: Heb. with me 8 29:10 The nobles...: Heb. The 
voice of the nobles was hid - 29:17 the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders tt 29:17 plucked: Heb. cast +t 29:19 
spread...: Heb. opened 8§ 29:20 fresh: Heb. new 29:20 renewed: Heb. changed if 30:1 younger...: Heb. of fewer days 
thant Tt 30:3 solitary: or, dark as the night t 30:3 in...: Heb. yesternight S 30:6 caves: Heb. holes i 30:8 base...: Heb. 
men of no name tt 30:10 and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from 


Job 30:15 420 Job 31:32 


15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a 
cloud.*# 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of 
my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into 
the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 2°I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, 
and thou regardest me not. 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself 
against me.88*** 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my 
substance.tt 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. 
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.+## 25 Did 
not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?88§ 26 When I looked for 
good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My bowels boiled, 
and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. 281 went mourning without the sun: I stood up, 
and I cried in the congregation. 291 am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.” 3° My skin 
is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my 
organ into the voice of them that weep. 


1] made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God 
is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the 
wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all 
my steps? 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; © Let me be weighed in an 
even balance, that God may know mine integrity.” 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine 
heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; ® Then let me sow, and let 
another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 

9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; 1° Then 
let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. !! For this is an heinous crime; yea, 
it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 1? For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would 
root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when 
they contended with me; !4What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall 
I cote him? 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the 
womb? 

16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or 
have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth 
he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)* 19 If I 
have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; ?°If his loins have not blessed 
me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the 
fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 2? Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine 
arm be broken from the bone.S 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his 
highness I could not endure. 

24 If | have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; #5 If I rejoiced 
because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;** 26 If I beheld the sun when 
it shined, or the moon walking 

in brightness;tt## 27 and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:8§ 
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.*** 31 If the men of my 
tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. 32 The stranger did not lodge 


in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.ttt 





+H 30:15 my soul: Heb. my principal one S88 30:21 become... Heb. turned to be cruel nee 30:21 thy...: Heb. the strength of 
thy hand ttt 30:22 substance: or, wisdom +t 30:24 grave: Heb. heap §8§ 30:25 in trouble: Heb. hard of day? sf 30:29 
owls: or, ostriches is 31:6 Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice t 31:15 did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in 
one womb? t 31:18 her: that is, the widow § 31:22 bone: or, chanelbone = 31:25 gotten...: Heb. found much tt 31:26 
sun: Heb. light aa 31:26 in...: Heb. bright 88 31:27 my mouth...: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth iis 31:30 mouth: 
Heb. palate ttt 31:32 traveller: or, way 


Job 31:33 421 Job 33:16 


33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:*## 34 Did I fear a 
great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the 
door? 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and 
that mine adversary had written a book.$88 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as 
a crown to me. 371 would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto 


him. 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;* 39 If I have eaten 
the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:t¥ 4° Let thistles 
grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.8 


32 

1S these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.” 2Then was 
kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his 
wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.t 3 Also against his three friends was his 
wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4 Now Elihu had waited 
till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.*8 5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in 
the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. 

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; 
wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.” tT 71 said, Days should speak, and 
multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the 
Almighty giveth them understanding. °Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand 
judgment. !°Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. 1! Behold, I waited for your 
words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.*#88 12 yea, I attended unto you, 
and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 13 Lest ye should 
say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. 14 Now he hath not directed his 
words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.*** 

15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.ttt 16 When I had waited, (for 
they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 171 said, I will answer also my part, I also will 
shew mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.*##88§ 19 Behold, 
my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.” 201 will speak, that I may be 
refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.t 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither 
let me give flattering titles unto man. 2? For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker 
would soon take me away. 


1 wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. ? Behold, now I have 
opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.” 3My words shall be of the uprightness of my 
heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. 4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of 
the Almighty hath given me life. 5If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. 
6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.t* 7 Behold, my 
terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 

8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 91 
am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 1° Behold, he findeth 
occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, !! He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh 
all my paths. !2Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. !3 Why 
dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.”* 

14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 5 In a dream, in a vision of the night, 
when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; !©Then he openeth the ears of men, 





+4 31:33 as Adam: or, after the manner of men §8§ 31:35 my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will * 31:38 complain: Heb. 
weep 31:39 fruits: Heb. strength # 31:39 the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out S 31:40 
cockle: or, noisome weeds e 32:1 to...: Heb. from answering i 32:2 himself: Heb. his soul + 32:4 waited...: Heb. expected 
Job in words § 32:4 elder: Heb. elder for days ” 32:6 young: Heb. few of days Ty: 32:6 durst...: Heb. feared +4 32:11 
reasons: Heb. understandings 88 39:11 what... Heb. words net 32:14 directed: or, ordered Tit 32:15 left...: Heb. removed 
speeches from themselves Ht 32:18 matter: Heb. words S88 39:18 spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly : 32:19 hath...: Heb. is 





* 

not opened t 32:20 be...: Heb. breathe 33:2 in my mouth: Heb. in my palate t 33:6 wish: Heb. mouth # 33:6 formed: 
aK 

Heb. cut § 33:8 hearing: Heb. ears 33:13 he giveth...: Heb. he answereth not 


Job 33:17 422 Job 34:30 


and sealeth their instruction, tt 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from 
man.*¥ 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.S§ 

19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 2°So 
that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.*** 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot 
be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 2? Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and 
his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, 
to shew unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going 
down to the pit: I have found a ransom.ttt 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return 
to the days of his youth:*## 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall 
see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. 2” He looketh upon men, and if 
any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;8§§ 28 He will deliver 
his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.” 

2910, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man," 3° To bring back his soul from the pit, to 
be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and 
I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, 
hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. 


34 

1Furthermore Elihu answered and said, ? Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that 
have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.” 4Let us choose to us judgment: 
let us know among ourselves what is good. 5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away 
my judgment. © Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.t 7 What 
man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? § Which goeth in company with the workers of 
iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should 
delight himself with God. 

10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do 
wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.* 1 For the work of a man shall 
he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do 
wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. !3 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? 
or who hath disposed the whole world?§ "If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his 
spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 

16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that 
hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just??? 18s it fit to say to aking, Thou art 
wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, 
nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 2° In a moment shall 
they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken 
away without hand.#* 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 There 
is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 23 For he 
will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.8§ 24 He shall 
break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.”"* 25 Therefore he knoweth 
their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.ttt 26 He striketh them 
as wicked men in the open sight of others;### 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not 
consider any of his ways:8§§ 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth 
the cry of the afflicted. 2? When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth 
his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: 3° That 
the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. 





tt 33:16 he...: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncovereth + 33:17 purpose: Heb. work S88 33:18 from perishing: Heb. from passing 
ses 33:20 dainty...: Heb. meat of desire Tit 33:24 aransom: or, an atonement Ht 33:25 achild’s: Heb. childhood 888 33:27 
He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say . 33:28 He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life t 33:29 oftentimes: Heb. 
twice and thrice sy 34:3 mouth: Heb. palate t 34:6 my wound: Heb. mine arrow + 34:10 men...: Heb. men of heart § 34:13 
the whole: Heb. all of it? as 34:14 man: Heb. him Ff 34:17 govern: Heb. bind? +4 34:20 the mighty...: Heb. they shall 
take away the mighty S§ 34:3 enter: Heb. go pre 34:24 number: Heb. searching out Tt 34:25 destroyed: Heb. crushed 


+44 34:26 open...: Heb. place of beholders §8§ 34:27 him: Heb. after him 


Job 34:31 423 Job 36:27 


31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 32 That 
which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 33 Should it be according to thy 
mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak 
what thou knowest.” 34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.t 35Job 
hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. 3° My desire is that Job may be 


tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.¥ 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he 
clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. 


1Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is 
more than God’s? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, 
if I be cleansed from my sin?* 41 will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.t 5 Look unto the 
heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what doest thou 
against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, 
what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou 
art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. 

9° By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason 
of the arm of the mighty. 1°But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear 
vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou 
in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great 
extremity:#§ 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. 


1Elihu also proceeded, and said, 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on 
God’s behalf.” 31 will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For 
truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. 

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. ¢He preserveth 
not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor* 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the 
righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are 
exalted. 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; Then he sheweth them 
their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 1°He openeth also their ear to discipline, 
and commandeth that they return from iniquity. 1! If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their 
days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, 
and they shall die without knowledge.§ 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not 
when he bindeth them. 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.” “tt 

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.** 16 Even so would 
he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which 
should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.$§ 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the 
wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.*** 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee 
away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.ttT 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not 
gold, nor all the forces of strength. 2° Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. 2! Take 
heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 22 Behold, God exalteth by 
his power: who teacheth like him? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast 
wrought iniquity? 

24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may 
behold it afar off. 2° Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be 
searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour 





J 34:33 according...: Heb. from with thee? t 34:34 of...: Heb. of heart # 34:36 My...: or, My father, let Job be tried sj 35:3 
if...: or, by it more than by my sin t 35:4 answer...: Heb. return to thee words # 35:15 he hath: that is, God hath § 35:15 he 
knoweth: that is, Job knoweth ‘ 36:2 I have...: Heb. there are yet words for God t 36:5 wisdom: Heb. heart t 36:6 poor: or, 
afflicted § 36:12 perish: Heb. pass away 7 36:14 They...: Heb. Their soul dieth tt 36:14 unclean: or, sodomites +4 36:15 


a> 88 wk ttt ; 
poor: or, afflicted 36:16 that...: Heb. the rest of thy table 36:17 take...: or, should uphold thee 36:18 deliver...: 
Heb. turn thee aside 


Job 36:28 424 Job 38:19 


thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the 
spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 3° Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and 
covereth the bottom of the sea.*## 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. 
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 
33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.88§ 


oF 


1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 2 Hear attentively the noise of his 
voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.” 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his 
lightning unto the ends of the earth.t* 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his 
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 5God thundereth marvellously with his 
voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 

6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his 
strength.8 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts 
go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the 
north,**tt 10py the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by 
watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:*# 12 And it is turned round about 
by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the 
earth. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.8§ 

14Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 5 Dost thou know 
when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings 
of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 1” How thy garments are 
warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which 
is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order 
our speech by reason of darkness. 2° Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be 
swallowed up. 

21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth 
them. 22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with Godis terrible majesty."** 23 Touching the Almighty, 
we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not 
afflict. 24Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. 


38 

1Then the LORD answered 

Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.” 

4 where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.t 
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;*§ 7 When 
the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with 
doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment 
thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 1° And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars 
and doors,” 1! And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be 
stayed?tt 

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?#* 14 It is 
turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. !5 And from the wicked their light is withholden, 
and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked 
in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen 


the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou 
knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 





+44 36:30 bottom: Heb. roots §8§ 36:33 the vapour: Heb. that which goeth up ig 37:2 Hear...: Heb. Hear in hearing t 37:3 
lightning: Heb. light # 37:3 ends: Heb. wings § 37:6 likewise... Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain 
of his strength of 37:9 south: Heb. chamber tt 37:9 north: Heb. scattering winds + 37:11 his...: Heb. the cloud of his 
light §§ 37:13 correction: Heb. a rod es 37:22 Fair...: Heb. Gold * 38:3 answer...: Heb. make me know i 38:4 hast...: 
Heb. knowest understanding # 38:6 foundations: Heb. sockets 8 38:6 fastened: Heb. made to sink? a 38:10 brake...: or, 
established my decree upon it TT. 38:11 thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves +t 38:13 ends: Heb. wings 


Job 38:20 425 Job 39:28 


20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the 


house thereof?8§ 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days 
is great? 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the 
hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24By what 
way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of 
thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no 
man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring 
forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came 
the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 3°The waters are hid as with a stone, and 
the face of the deep is frozen.*** 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands 
of Orion?ttt### 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with 
his sons?8$88* 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the 
earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst 
thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?t 36 Who hath put wisdom 
in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds 
in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,* 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the 
clods cleave fast together? 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young 
lions,** 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for 
the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. 


39 
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the 
hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they 
bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? © Whose house 
I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.” 7 He scorneth the multitude of the 


city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.t 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and 
he searcheth after every green thing. ? Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 
4 wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? !2 Wilt thou 
believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? 

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?* 14Which 
leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush 
them, or that the wild beast may break them. 1° She is hardened against her young ones, as though they 
were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; !” Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither 
hath he imparted to her understanding. !8 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the 
horse and his rider. 

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 2° Canst thou 
make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.S 21 He paweth in the valley, and 


rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.” tt 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not 
affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering 
spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that 
it is the sound of the trumpet. 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar 
off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch 

her wings toward the south? 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on 
high?## 28 she dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 





§§ 38:20 to the bound: or, at, etc ae 38:30 is...: Heb, is taken ttt 38:31 Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah $44 38:31 
Orion: Heb. cesil? $88 38:32 Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs s 38:32 guide: Heb. guide them t 38:35 Here...: Heb. Behold 
us? # 38:37 stay: Heb. cause to lie down § 38:38 groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured es 38:39 the appetite: 
Heb. the life - 39:6 barren...: Heb. salt places t 39:7 of the driver: Heb. of the exactor + 39:13 wings and...: or, the feathers 
of the stork and ostrich § 39:20 terrible: Heb. terror si 39:21 He paweth: or, His feet dig DE 39:21 the armed...: Heb. the 
armour #4 39:27 at...: Heb. by thy mouth 


Job 39:29 426 Job 41:30 


29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 3° Her young ones also suck up 
blood: and where the slain are, there is she. 


1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct 
him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 

3 q Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay 
mine hand upon my mouth. ° Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed 
no further. 

6q Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a 
man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt 
thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder 
with a voice like him? 1° Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory 
and beauty. !! Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide 
them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. !4Then will I also confess unto thee that thine 
own right hand can save thee. 


15 q Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.” 16Lo now, his strength 
is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. !7 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of 
his stones are wrapped together.t 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of 
iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 2! He lieth under 
the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the 
willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth 
that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.* 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through 

§ 
snares. 


41 

1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?*t 
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many 
supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? 
wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind 
him for thy maidens? © Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the 
merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? § Lay thine hand 
upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast 
down even at the sight of him? 1° None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand 
before me? 

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 
12] will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. !3 Who can discover the face 
of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?* 14 Who can open the doors of his 
face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.8 
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. !7 They are joined one to another, 
they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes 
are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, 
and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy 


before him.** 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot 


be moved.tt 24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he 
raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26 The sword 
of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.** 27 He esteemeth iron 
as straw, and brass as rotten wood, 28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him 
into stubble. 2° Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 3° Sharp stones are 





i 40:15 behemoth: probably an extinct animal of some kind t 40:17 He...: or, He setteth up + 40:23 he drinketh up: Heb. he 
oppresseth S 40:24 He... or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin? . 41:1 leviathan: probably an extinct 
animal of some kind t 41:1 which...: Heb. which thou drownest? + 41:13 with: or, within § 41:15 scales: Heb. strong pieces 
of shields sa 41:22 is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth tt 41:23 flakes: Heb. fallings + 41:26 habergeon: or, breastplate 


Job 41:31 427 Job 42:17 


under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.S§ 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a 
pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think 


the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.*** 34 He beholdeth 
all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. 


1Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought 


can be withholden from thee.” 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I 
uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, 
and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 51 have heard of thee by the hearing 
of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. © Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 

7q And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz 
the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken 
of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and 
seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job 
shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken 
of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.t ° So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite 
and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also 
accepted Job.+ 

10 Andthe LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job 
twice as muchas he had before.§ 1! Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and 
all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they 
bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man 
also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12So the LORD blessed the latter 
end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, 
and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. !3 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the 
third, Keren-happuch. !5 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and 
their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 1 After this lived Job an hundred and forty 
years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. !7 So Job died, being old and full of 
days. 





BRK * 
8§ 41:30 Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd 41:33 is made without fear: or, behave themselves without fear 42:2 
no thought can be...: or, no thought of thine can be hindered t 42:8 him: Heb. his face, or, person # 42:9 Job: Heb. the face of 
Job § 42:10 gave...: Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double 


Psalms 1:1 428 Psalms 4:2 


The Book of Psalms 


1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, 
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” 

2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; 
his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.* 


4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 


2 
1 why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?*t 
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and 
against his anointed, saying, 
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 


6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.S** 


71 will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten 
thee.tt 

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth 
for thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 


10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 

4 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. 
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 


3 


A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 
1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 
2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 


3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.” 


4T cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 

5] laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. 

6] will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 

7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou 
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 

8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. 

1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have 
mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. t 

20 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek 
after leasing? Selah. 





* * 
1:1 ungodly: or, wicked t 1:3 wither: Heb. fade 2:1 rage: or, tumultuously assemble t 2:1 imagine: Heb. meditate 
RK 
2:5 vex: or, trouble § 2:6 set: Heb. anointed 2:6 upon...: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness tt 2:7 the decree: 


* * 
or, for a decree 3:3 for: or, about 4:1 chief...: or, overseer t 4:1 have...: or, be gracious unto me 


Psalms 4:3 429 Psalms 7:3 


3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call 
unto him. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. 


6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance 
upon us. 

7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 

81 will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. 


To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. 

1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 

2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, 
and will look up. 

4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.” 


6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.* 


7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship 
toward thy holy temple.* 
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my 


face.8 
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open 


sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.**tt## 

10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of 
their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.$8*** 

4 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou 
defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.ttt 

12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.*## 


6 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 

10 LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.” t 

2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 

3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? 

4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. 

5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 

6] am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.* 
7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 


8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 
9The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. 
10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. 


7 


Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. 
10 LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:* 


2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.t 
30 LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 





* 5:5 in...: Heb. before thine eyes t 5:6 bloody...: Heb. man of bloods and deceit t 5:7 thy holy...: Heb. the temple of thy holiness 
§ 5:8 mine...: Heb. those which observe me ae 5:9 faithfulness: or, stedfastness tt 5:9 their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, 
the mouth of any of them #4 5:9 very...: Heb. wickednesses 8§ 5:10 Destroy...: or, Make them guilty me 5:10 by...: or, from 
their counsels TTT 5:11 defendest...: Heb. coverest over, or, protectest them Ht 5:12 compass: Heb. crown . 6:1 chief...: 


* 
or, overseer t 6:1 Sheminith: or, the eighth t 6:6 all...: or, every night 7:1 words: or, business t 7:2 none...: Heb, not 
a deliverer 


Psalms 7:4 430 Psalms 9:8 


41f I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without 
cause is mine enemy:) 

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay 
mine honour in the dust. Selah. 

6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me 
to the judgment that thou hast commanded. 

7So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on 
high. 

8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according 
to mine integrity that is in me. 

9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God 
trieth the hearts and reins. 


0 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.* 

1God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.S 

21f he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 

3 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the 
persecutors. 

4 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 

5 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.** 

6 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own 
pate. 

71 will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD 
most high. 





8 
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. 
10 LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that 


thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” 


3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast 
ordained; 

4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his 
feet: 

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;t 

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 

90 LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 


To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. 

1] will praise thee,O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 

21 will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. 

3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 

4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging 

right.*t 

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for 
ever and ever. 

60 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their 
memorial is perished with them.+ 

7But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in 
uprightness. 





kK 
# 7:10 My...: Heb. My buckler is upon God § 7:11 judgeth...: or, is a righteous judge 7:15 He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged 
y ry P Juag 8 Juag P 88 
* * 
a pit 8:2 ordained: Heb. founded t 8:7 All...: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them 9:4 maintained...: Heb. made my judgment 


t 9:4 judging right: Heb. judging in righteousness # 9:6 O thou...: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: 
and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc 


Psalms 9:9 431 Psalms 11:1 


9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.8 
° And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them 
that seek thee. 


1 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 

2 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the 
humble.** 

3 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that 
liftest me up from the gates of death: 

4That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

5 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot 
taken. 

©The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own 
hands. Higgaion. Selah. tt 

7 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 

8 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 

9 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. 





Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 

2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have 
imagined.” 

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. t+ 

4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his 
thoughts.§ 

5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he 
puffeth at them. 

6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity." 

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.tt## 

8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his 
eyes are privily set against the poor.S$ 

9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, 

when he draweth him into his net."** 
0 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 1tt### 
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 


2 Arise, O LORD; 0 God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.S8$§ 

3 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 

4 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor 
committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.* 

5 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 

6The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 

7 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 
ear to hear:t 

8To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.* 


11 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 





S 99 a refuge: Heb. an high place o 9:12 humble: or, afflicted tt 9:16 Higgaion: that is, Meditation . 10:2 The wicked...: 
Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute t 10:3 heart’s: Heb. soul’s + 10:3 blesseth...: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he 
abhorreth theLorp 8 10:4 Godis...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God o 10:6 never: Heb. unto generation and generation 
tt 10:7 deceit: Heb. deceits +4 10:7 vanity: or, iniquity 88 10:8 are...: Heb. hide themselves Bas 10:9 secretly: Heb. in 





he secret places ttt 10:10 He...: Heb. He breaketh himself +t 10:10 by...: or, into his strong parts §8§ 10:12 humble: or, 


* 
afflicted 10:14 committeth: Heb. leaveth t 10:17 prepare: or, establish + 10:18 oppress: or, terrify 


Psalms 11:2 432 Psalms 15:1 


2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily 


shoot at the upright in heart.” 
31f the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 


4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the 
children of men. 

5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the 
portion of their cup.t 

7For the righteous LORD Bveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. 


12 


To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 

1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.*t 

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they 
speak,* 

3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:S 

4who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?”” 

5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set 
him in safety from him that puffeth at him.tt 

6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 

7 Thou shalt keep them, 0 LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.** 

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.S§ 


13 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?” 
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy 
be exalted over me? 
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 
6] will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. 


14 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, 
there is none that doeth good. 

2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did 
understand, and seek God. 

3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not 

* 


one. 


4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not 
upon the LORD. 

5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.t 

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. 

70h that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of 
his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.* 


15 
A Psalm of David. 
1 LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?* 





vi 11:2 privily: Heb. in darkness t 11:6 an horrible...: or, a burning tempest ‘: 12:1 upon...: or, upon the eighth t 12:1 Help: 
or, Save t 12:2 adouble..: Heb. an heart and anheart 8 12:3 proud: Heb. great ? 12:4 are...: Heb. are with us tt 12:5 
puffeth...: or, would ensnare him + 12:7 them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc §§ 12:8 men: Heb. of the 
sons of the men . 13:1 chief...: or, overseer . 14:3 filthy: Heb. stinking t 14:5 were...: Heb. they feared a fear t 14:7 
Oh...: Heb. Who will give : 15:1 abide: Heb. sojourn 


Psalms 15:2 433 Psalms 17:15 


2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 

3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach 
against his neighbour.t 

4Tn whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth 
to his own hurt, and changeth not. 

5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth 
these things shall never be moved. 


16 
Michtam of David. 
1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.” 
20 my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 
3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I 
not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.t 
5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.+ 
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
71 will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 


8] have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 

° Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.8 

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are 
pleasures for evermore. 


17 
A Prayer of David. 
1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned 
lips.*t 


2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 

3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find 
nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 

5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.+ 

6] have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, 0 God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 

7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust 
in thee from those that rise up against them.S 


8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 

° From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about." tt 

° They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 

1 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 

2 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.+#8$§ 

3 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy 
sword: "ttt 

4From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, 
and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of 


their substance to their babes.+##88S 
5 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 








t 15:3 taketh...: or, receiveth, or, endureth . 16:1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm t 16:4 hasten...: or, give gifts to another t 16:5 
of mine...: Heb. of my part S 16:9 rest... Heb. dwell confidently a. 17:1 the right: Heb. justice t 17:1 not...: Heb, without 
lips of deceit + 17:5 slip...: Heb. be not moved § 17:7 by thy...: or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy 
right hand , 17:9 oppress: Heb. waste tt 17:9 my...: Heb. my enemies against the soul + 17:12 Like...: Heb. The likeness 
of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin 88 i712 lurking: Heb. sitting sis 17:13 disappoint...: 
Heb. prevent his face ttt 17:13 which is: or, by +H 17:14 which are: or, by §8§ 17:14 they...: or, their children are full 


Psalms 18:1 434 Psalms 18:35 


18 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words 
of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the 
hand of Saul: And he said, 
1] will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 
2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; 


my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.” 
3] will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.t 
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.+ 
6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, 
and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because 
he was wroth. 
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by 
its 
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 
9 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 
1He eae his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds 
of the skies. 
2 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 
3The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 
4Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 
5 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy 
rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 


RK 
6 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 
7He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong 
for me. 
8 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 
9 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 





20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath 
he recompensed me. 

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 

22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 

231 was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.tt 

24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the 
cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.*+ 

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself 
upright; 

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.8§ 

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. 


28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."** 


29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. ttt 

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in 
him.*## 

31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy 


gentleness hath made me great.88§ 





* 
18:2 my strength: Heb. my rock t 18:4 ungodly men: Heb. Belial # 18:5 sorrows: or, cords § 18:8 out of his nostrils: Heb. 
Ly 8 Ly godly 
RK 
by his, etc 18:16 many: or, great tt 18:23 before: Heb. with + 18:24 in...: Heb. before his eyes 88 18:26 shew thyself 


KKK 
froward: or, wrestle 18:28 candle: or, lamp ttt 18:29 run...: or, broken £44 18:30 tried: or, refined §8§ 18:35 thy 
gentleness...: or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me 


Psalms 18:36 435 Psalms 20:1 


36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.” 

37] have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 

38] have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose 
up against me.t 

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 

41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the 
heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.*8** 

45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.tt 

46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 

47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.*#88§ 

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: 
thou hast delivered me from the violent man.”** 

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy 
name.tTt 

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed 
for evermore. 


19 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 

2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 

3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” 

4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he 
set a tabernacle for the sun,* 

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to runa race. 

6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing 
hid from the heat thereof. 


7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise 
the simple.*8 

8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, 
enlightening the eyes. 

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous 
altogether.** 

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the 
honeycomb. tt 

4 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 

12 who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 

13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall 
Ibe upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.*+ 

M4Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my 
strength, and my redeemer.8§ 


20 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
1The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;* 





7 18:36 my feet: Heb. mine ankles f 18:39 subdued: Heb. caused to bow + 18:44 As soon...: Heb. At the hearing of the ear 
§ 18:44 submit... or, yield feigned obedience si 18:44 strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger tt 18:45 strangers: Heb. sons of 
the stranger + 18:47 avengeth: Heb. giveth avengements for 88 18:47 subdueth: or, destroyeth a 18:48 violent...: Heb. 
man of violence ttt 18:49 give...: or, confess ‘ 19:3 where...: or, without these their voice is heard: Heb. without their voice 
heard t 19:4 line: or, rule, or, direction $ 19:7 law: or, doctrine § 19:7 converting: or, restoring a 19:9 true: Heb. 
truth = TT 19:10 the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs +4 19:13 the great: or, much 88 jon4 strength: Heb. 


rock . 20:1 defend...: Heb. set thee on an high place 


Psalms 20:2 436 Psalms 22:12 


2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;tt 

3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.§ 

4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD 
fulfil all thy petitions. 


6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving 


strength of his right hand.** tt 
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. 
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. 


21 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. 
3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 
4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy 


* 
countenance. *t 


7For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 

8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in 
his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 

° Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 

1For peel: intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to 
perform. 

2 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy 
strings against the face of them.*§ 

3 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. 


22 

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. 

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words 
of my roaring?*t 

20 my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.* 

3 But thou art holy, 0 thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 

6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,S 

8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in 

him. "tt 
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s 


breasts.+# 
°T was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly. 





1Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.S$ 
2Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 





a 
t 20:2 thee help: Heb. thy help + 20:2 strengthen: Heb. support § 20:3 accept: Heb. turn to ashes: or, make fat 20:6 
* 
his holy...: Heb. the heaven of his holiness tt 20:6 with...: Heb. by the strength of the salvation of 21:6 made him most...: 





Heb. set him to be blessings t 21:6 made him exceeding...: Heb. make him glad with joy + 21:12 shalt thou...: or, thou shalt 
set them asabutt 8 21:12 back: Heb. shoulder ss 22:1 Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning t 22:1 helping...: Heb. my 
salvation * 22:2 am... Heb. there is no silence tome 8 22:7 shoot... Heb. open a 22:8 He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself 
on tt 22:8 seeing...: or, if he delight in +4 22:9 didst...: or, kept me in safety §§ 22:11 none...: Heb. not a helper 


Psalms 22:13 437 Psalms 24:7 


3 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.*** 

4T am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the 
midst of my bowels.ttt 

5 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought 
me into the dust of death. 

6 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands 
and my feet. 

71 may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 

8 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

9 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.###8SS 

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 





22] will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 

23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed 
of Israel. 

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face 
from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live 
for ever. 

27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations 
shall worship before thee. 

28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations. 

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow 
before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath 
done this. 


23 

A Psalm of David. 

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.*t 

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 

4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; 
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; 
my cup runneth over.* 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the 
LORD for ever.S 


24 
A Psalm of David. 
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 


3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 

4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn 
deceitfully.* 

5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.t 


7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come 
in. 





EK 
22:13 gaped...: Heb. opened their mouths against me ttt 22:14 out of...: or, sundered Ht 22:20 my darling: Heb. my 


* 
only one §8§ 59:20 power: Heb. hand 23:2 green...: Heb. pastures of tender grass t 23:2 still...: Heb. waters of quietness 


* 
# 23:5 anointest: Heb. makest fat 8 23:6 for ever: Heb. to length of days 24:4 He...: Heb. The clean of hands t 24:6 O 
Jacob: or, O God of Jacob 


Psalms 24:8 438 Psalms 27:1 


8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come 


in. 
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. 
25 
A Psalm of David. 


1Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 

20 my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 

3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 

4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 

5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. 


6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.” 
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou 
me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. 


8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 

9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 

° All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 
1For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 

2 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 

3 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.t 

4The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.+ 


5 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.8 
6Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. 

7 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. 

8 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. 

° Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.** 
200 keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. 
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 





26 
A Psalm of David. 
1Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I 
shall not slide. 


2Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 

3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 
41 have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 

51 have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 


6] will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar,O LORD: 

7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.” 
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:t# 

101n whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.§ 

"But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 

12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. 


ZF 
A Psalm of David. 
1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of 
whom shall I be afraid? 





i 25:6 tender...: Heb. bowels t 25:13 dwell...: Heb. lodge in goodness t 25:14 and...: or, and his covenant to make them know it 
8 a5:15 pluck: Heb. bring forth a 25:19 cruel...: Heb. hatred of violence mu 26:8 where...: Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour 
t 26:9 Gather...: or, Take not away # 26:9 bloody...: Heb. men of blood § 26:10 full...: Heb. filled with 


Psalms 27:2 439 Psalms 29:6 


2when the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled 
and fell.” 

3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against 
me, in this will I be confident. 

4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD 
all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.t 

5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide 
me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in 


his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.* 


7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.S 

9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me 
not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

0 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.”* 

1Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. tt## 

2 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and 
such as breathe out cruelty. 

3 had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 

4Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. 


28 
A Psalm of David. 
Unto thee will I cry,O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like 
them that go down into the pit.” 

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy 
oracle.t 

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their 
neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them 
after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. 

5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, 

and not build them up. 





6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. 

7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my 
heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 

8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.*§ 

9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.” 


29 
A Psalm of David. 
1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.” 
2Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. t+ 
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many 
waters.S 
4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. "tt 
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 





. 27:2 came...: Heb. approached against me t 27:4 the beauty: or, the delight t 27:6 joy: Heb. shouting § 97:8 when... 
or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc wn 27:10 take...: Heb. gather me tt 27:11 a plain...: Heb. a way of 
plainness a 27:11 mine...: Heb. those which observe me * 28:1 to me: Heb. from me t 28:2 thy...: or, the oracle of thy 
sanctuary + 28:8 their: or, his § 28:8 saving...: Heb. strength of salvations oi, 28:9 feed: or, rule “ 29:1 ye mighty: Heb. 
ye sons of the mighty t 29:2 the glory...: Heb. the honour of his name # 29:2 in...: or, in his glorious sanctuary 8 4933 many: 
or, great wr 29:4 powerful: Heb. in power tt 29:4 full...: Heb. in majesty 


Psalms 29:7 440 Psalms 31:15 


7The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.*# 

8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 

9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth 
every one speak of his glory.88*** 

10The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. 

"The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. 


30 
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. 
1] will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 
20 LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 
30 LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go 
down to the pit. 


4Sing unto the LORD, 0 ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.” 
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy 
cometh in the morning,.t#8 


6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 

7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was 
troubled,** 

81 cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare 
thy truth? 

10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 

11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me 
with gladness; 

12To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks 
unto thee for ever. 


31 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 

2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to 
save me.” 

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. 

4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 

5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. 

61 have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 

7] will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul 
in adversities; 

8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. 


9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and 
my belly. 

°For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine 
iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 

1] was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine 
acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 

21 am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.t 

3For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against 
me, they devised to take away my life. 

4But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 

5 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute 
me. 








+ 29:7 divideth: Heb. cutteth out §§ 29:9 to calve: or, to be in pain one 29:9 doth...: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc * 30:4 
at...: or, to the memorial t 30:5 his anger...: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger t 30:5 for a night: Heb. in the evening 
§ 30:5 joy: Heb. singing — 30:7 made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain tt 30:12 my glory: that is, my tongue, or, my 
soul . 31:2 my...: Heb. to me for a rock of strength t 31:12 a broken...: Heb. a vessel that perisheth 


Psalms 31:16 441 Psalms 33:12 


16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. 

17Let me not be ashamed, 0 LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them 
be silent in the grave.* 

18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against 
the righteous.8 


19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast 
wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 

20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them 
secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 


21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.” 

22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of 
my supplications when I cried unto thee. 

230 love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth 
the proud doer. 

24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. 


32 

A Psalm of David, Maschil. 

1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” 

2Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 

3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 

4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. 
Selah. 

51 acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my 
transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 

6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in 


the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.t 


7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with 
songs of deliverance. Selah. 


8] will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.+ 

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in 
with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. 

10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him 
about. 

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 


1 Rejoice inthe LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. 

2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 

4For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. 


5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.” 

6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 

°For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 

10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of 
none effect.t 

11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.* 


12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own 
inheritance. 





aK * 
t 31:17 silent...: or, cut off for 8 31:18 grievous...: Heb. a hard thing 31:21 strong: or, fenced 32:1 A Psalm...: or, A 
Psalm of David giving instruction t 32:6 when...: Heb. of finding + 32:8 guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee 
* 
33:5 goodness: or, mercy t 33:10 bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate + 33:11 to all...: Heb. to generation and generation 


Psalms 33:13 442 Psalms 35:9 


13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. 

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 

19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 

20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. 

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 

22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. 


34 
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he 
departed. 
1] will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” 
2My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 
30 magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 
4T sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.t 


6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 

7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

80 taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

90 fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 

°The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good 
thing. 


1Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 

2what man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 

3 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 

4Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 

5 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 

6 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 
7 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

8The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.+§ 
9 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 


21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.” 
22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. tt 


35 

A Psalm of David. 

1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 

2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy 
salvation. 

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and 
brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. 


6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.” 

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for 
my soul. 

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that 
very destruction let him fall.t 

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 








* 

34:1 Abimelech: or, Achish i 34:5 were lightened: or, they flowed unto him # 34:18 unto...: Heb. to the broken of heart 
aK * 

S 34:18 of acontrite...: Heb. contrite of spirit 34:21 desolate: or, guilty tt 34:22 desolate: or, guilty 35:6 dark...: Heb. 


darkness and slipperiness t 35:8 at...: Heb. which he knoweth not of 


Psalms 35:10 443 Psalms 36:12 


9 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too 
strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? 


1False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.*§ 

2They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.** 

3 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and 
my prayer returned into mine own bosom.tt 

41 behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that 
mourneth for his mother.##8§ 

5 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered 
themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:*** 

6 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 


7 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the 
lions.ttt 

81 will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.*#+ 

9 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye 
that hate me without a cause.$8§ 

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 

22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. 

24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. 

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him 





up. 

26 Let hein be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be 
clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. 

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, 
Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.t 

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. 


36 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. 
1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 
2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.” 
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 


4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.t 


5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou 
preservest man and beast.* 

7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the 
shadow of thy wings.8 

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of 
the river of thy pleasures.”* 

°For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. 

°0 continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in 

heart.tt 
1Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 
2 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. 





cot 
+ 35:11 False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong § 35:11 they...: Heb. they asked me 35:12 spoiling: Heb. depriving tt 35:13 
humbled: or, afflicted + 35:14 behaved myself: Heb. walked 88 35:14 as though...: Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me 
an 
35:15 adversity: Heb. halting ttt 35:17 darling: Heb. only one 44 35:18 much: Heb. strong §8§ 35:19 wrongfully: 





* * 
Heb. falsely 35:25 Ah...: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul t 35:27 righteous...: Heb. righteousness 36:2 until...: Heb. to find his 
ct 
iniquity to hate t 36:4 mischief: or, vanity t 36:6 the...: Heb. the mountains ofGed 8 36:7 excellent: Heb. precious 36:8 
abundantly...: Heb. watered i 36:10 continue: Heb. draw out at length 


Psalms 37:1 444 Psalms 37:40 


of 
A Psalm of David. 
1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 
3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.” 
4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.t 
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 


7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his 
way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.+ 
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 
°For as ae A and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it 
shall not be. 
1 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 
2 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.8 
3 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. 
4The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, 
and to slay such as be of upright conversation.” 
5 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 
6 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 
7 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 
8 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. 
9 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall 
consume; into smoke shall they consume away.tt 





21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.++ 

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. 

25] have been young, and now am old; yet have J not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging 
bread. 

26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.8§ 

27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 

28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the 
seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 

29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 

31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.*** 

32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 

33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 


34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked 
are cut off, thou shalt see it. 

351 have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. ttt 

36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 

37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 

38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 

39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 

40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save 
them, because they trust in him. 





* 

37:3 verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness t 37:5 Commit...: Heb, Roll thy way upon t 37:7 Rest in: Heb. Besilentto 8 37:12 
aK 

plotteth: or, practiseth 37:14 such...: Heb. the upright of way tt 37:20 the fat: Heb. the preciousness + 37:23 ordered: 


RAK 
or, established S88 37:26 ever: Heb. all the day 37:31 steps: or, goings Tit 37:35 agreen...: or, a green tree that groweth 
in his own soil 


Psalms 38:1 445 Psalms 39:11 


38 
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 
10 LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because 
of my sin.” 
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 
61 am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.t 
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. 
81 am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 
0 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.* 
1 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand 
afar off.8** 


2 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous 
things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 

3 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 

4Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 

5 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, 0 Lord my God.tt## 

6For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify 
themselves against me. 

7For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.S§ 

8For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 

9 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.*** 

20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 

21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.ttt 


39 

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 

1] said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, 
while the wicked is before me.” 

21 was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.t 

3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 

4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail 
lam# 

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily 
every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.§ 

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, 


and knoweth not who shall gather them.** 





7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 

9T was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 

10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.tt 

11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like 


a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.¥# 





. 38:3 rest: Heb. peace, or, health t 38:6 troubled: Heb. wried t 38:10 is gone...: Heb. is not with me § 38:11 sore: Heb. 
stroke -, 38:11 my kinsmen: or, my neighbours tt 38:15 in...: or, thee do I wait for +H 38:15 hear: or, answer 88 38:17 
to halt: Heb. for halting a 38:19 are lively...: Heb. being living, are strong tt 38:22 to...: Heb. for my help is 39:1 my 
mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth t 39:2 stirred: Heb. troubled t 39:4 how...: or, what time I have here § 39:5 


aK 
at...: Heb. settled 39:6 a vain...: Heb. an image tt 39:10 blow: Heb. conflict + 39:11 his...: Heb. that which is to be 
desired in him to melt away 


Psalms 39:12 446 Psalms 41:8 


12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for lama stranger 
with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 
130 spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. 


40 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

1] waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” 

2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and 
established my goings.t 

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and 
shall trust in the LORD. 

4Blessed Ff iat men that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn 
aside to lies. 

5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to 
us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if 1 would declare and speak of them, 


they are more than can be numbered.* 


6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin 
offering hast thou not required.S 

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 

8] delight to do thy will, 0 my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.** 

91 have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, 
thou knowest. 

°T have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: 
I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 


1 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth 
continually preserve me. 

2For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that 
Tam not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth 
me.tt 

3 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. 

4Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be 
driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 

5 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 

6 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, 
The LORD be magnified. 

7 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make 
no tarrying, O my God. 





41 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.*t 

2The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou 
wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.* 

3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.8 

41 said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 


5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth 
abroad, he telleth it. 

7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.”* 


8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.tt 





40:1 I waited...: Heb. In waiting I waited t 40:2 an...: Heb. a pit of noise # 40:5 they cannot...: or, none can order them unto 
thee § 4o:6 opened: Heb. digged es 40:8 within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels tt 40:12 faileth: Heb. forsaketh is 411 
the poor: or, the weak, or, sick t 41:1 in time...: Heb. in the day of evil $ 41:2 thou...: or, do not thou deliver § 41:3 make: 
Heb. turn = 41:7 my...: Heb. evil to me tt 41:8 An...: Heb. A thing of Belial 


Psalms 41:9 447 Psalms 44:4 


9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel 
against me.##88 

10But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 

11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 

12 Andas for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 

13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 


42 

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. 

1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God." t 

2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 

3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 

4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went 
with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept 
holyday. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall 
yet praise him for the help of his countenance.*§ 


60 my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, 


and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.tt 
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over 


me. 

8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with 
me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 

91 will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the 
oppression of the enemy? 

10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy 
God?## 

11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for 
I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 


43 


1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and 


unjust man.*t 

2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the 
oppression of the enemy? 

30 send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy 
tabernacles. 

4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, 
0 God my God.* 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall 
yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 


44 

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 

1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in 
the times of old.” 

2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the 
people, and cast them out. 

3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but 
thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour 
unto them. 

4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 





* 
+ 41:9 mine...: Heb. the man of my peace S§ 41:9 lifted... Heb. magnified 42:1 Maschil...: or, A Psalm giving instruction 
aK 
of the sons, etc t 42:1 panteth: Heb. brayeth # 42:5 cast: Heb. bowed 8 42:5 praise: or, give thanks 42:5 for the...: 
* 
or, his presence is salvation tt 42:6 the hill...: or, the little hill He 42:10 sword: or, killing 43:1 ungodly: or, unmerciful 


* 
t 43:1 the deceitful...: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity + 43:4 my exceeding...: Heb. the gladness of my joy 44:1 Maschil: or, 
of instruction 


Psalms 44:5 448 Psalms 45:15 


5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise 
up against us. 

6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 

7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. 

8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. 


9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 
°Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 
1 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.* 


2Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.+ 
3 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about 


us. 

4Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 

5 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 

6 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. 


7 Allthis is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 
8 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;§ 

9 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 

21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 


: oF kK 
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake. 


45 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. 

1My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my 
tongue is the pen of a ready writer. *t 

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed 
thee for ever. 

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 

4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right 
hand shall teach thee terrible things.* 

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 





6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with 
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have 
made thee glad. 

9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in 
gold of Ophir. 


° Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy 
father’s house; 

1So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 

2 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy 
favour.§ 

3 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 

4 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow 
her shall be brought unto thee. 

5 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace. 








RK 
t 44:11 like...: Heb. as sheep of meat # 44:12 for... Heb. without riches 8 44:18 steps: or, goings 44:26 for our...: Heb. 
* 
a help for us 45:1 Maschil: or, of instruction fh 45:1 is inditing: Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up + 45:4 ride...: Heb. prosper 
thou, ride thou § 45:12 favour: Heb. face 


Psalms 45:16 449 Psalms 48:12 


16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 
17] will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for 
ever and ever. 


46 


To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. 


1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” 

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into 
the midst of the sea;t 

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. 
Selah. 

4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles 
of the most High. 


5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.+ 


6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 


7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.S 

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in 
sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 

10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 


47 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 
10 clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.” 
2For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 
4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 


5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.t 

8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 

9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the 


shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.* 
48 


A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. 


1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.” 

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of 
the great King. 

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 

4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 

6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 


8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will 
establish it for ever. Selah. 

9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of 
righteousness. 

1 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 





* 
46:1 for: or, of t 46:2 midst...: Heb. heart of the seas ¥ a6 and...: Heb. when the morning appeareth 8 46:7 our..: Heb. 
* 
an high place for us 47:1 for: or, of t 47:7 with: or, every one that hath + 47:9 princes...: or, voluntary of the people are 
* 
gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham 48:1 for: or, of 


Psalms 48:13 450 Psalms 50:15 


13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following t+ 
14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. 


49 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 
1Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:* 
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 
4] will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 


6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 

7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 

8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 

9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 

°For he ot that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth 
to others. 

1 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all 
generations; they call their lands after their own names.t 

2Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 

3 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.+ 

4Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion 


over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. S** 


5 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.tt## 

6 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 

7 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 

8 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.88 


°He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.*** 
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. 


50 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto 
the going down thereof.” 

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very 
tempestuous round about him. 

4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. 





7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; 0 Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 
8] will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 
9T will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 

11] know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.* 

121f1 were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: 

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 





t 48:13 Mark...: Heb. Set your heart to + 48:13 consider: or, raise up 5 49:1 for: or, of t 49:11 all...: Heb. generation and 
generation # 49:13 approve...: Heb. delight in their mouth 8 aor4 beauty: or, strength ee 49:14 in the grave from...: or, the 
grave being an habitation to every one of them ot 49:15 power: Heb. hand +4 49:15 the grave: or, hell 8§ 49:18 while...: 
Heb. in his life sa 49:19 He...: Heb. The soul shall . 50:1 of...: or, for Asaph i 50:11 mine: Heb. with me 


Psalms 50:16 451 Psalms 52:6 


16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest 
take my covenant in thy mouth? 

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 

18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.* 

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth 

deceit § 

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. 

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as 
thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth 


me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.** 


51 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone 

in to Bath-sheba. 

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy 
tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified 
when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” 

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 
wisdom. 


7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 

° Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.* 

1 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 

2 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 

3 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 


4Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of 
thy righteousness.* 

50 Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 

6 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.8 

7 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise. 

8 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

9 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt 
offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. 


52 
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said 
unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. 
1 why boastest thou thyself in mischief, 0 mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.” 
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 
4Thou lovest all devouring words, 0 thou deceitful tongue.t 
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling 
place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.* 





6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 





aK * 
+ 50:18 hast...: Heb. thy portion was with § 50:19 givest: Heb. sendest 50:23 that...: Heb. that disposeth his way 51:5 
conceive...: Heb. warm me 1 51:10 right: or, constant # 51:14 bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods § 51:16 else... or, that I should 
* 
52:1 Maschil: or, of instruction t 52:4 O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue # 52:5 destroy...: Heb. beat thee down 


Psalms 52:7 452 Psalms 55:13 


7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and 
strengthened 

himself in his wickedness.8 

8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 

91 will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before 
thy saints. 


To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. 

1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: 
there is none that doeth good.” 

2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, 
that did seek God. 

3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, 
not one. 

4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not 
called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that 
encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.t 

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his 


people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.* 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, 

Doth not David hide himself with us? 

1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.*t 

2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 

3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before 
them. Selah. 


4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 

5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 

6] will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. 

7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. 


35 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. 


1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.*t 

2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 

3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity 
upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 

4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.* 

6 And] said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 

7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 

81 would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 


9° Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 

°Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of 
it. 

1 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 

2For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated 
me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 


3 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.§ 





* 
§ 52:7 wickedness: or, substance 53:1 Maschil: or, of instruction t 53:5 were...: Heb. they feared a fear $ 53:6 Oh that...: 


* 
Heb. Who will give salvation, etc 54:1 chief...: or, overseer t 54:1 Maschil: or, of instruction t 54:5 mine...: Heb. those 





* 
‘hat observe me 55:1 chief...: or, overseer t 55:1 Maschil: or, of instruction £ 55:5 overwhelmed: Heb. covered § 55:13 
mine equal: Heb. according to my rank 


Psalms 55:14 453 Psalms 57:7 


4 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.** 
5 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, 
and among them,tt 


6 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 
7Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 
8 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with 





me. 
9 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, 
therefore they fear not God.*+ 


20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.S§ 

21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer 
than oil, yet were they drawn swords. 

22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be 
moved."** 

23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall 
not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. ttt### 


To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him 

in Gath. 

1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.” 

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow 

me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.t 

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 

4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my 
soul. 

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. 


8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 

10Tn God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. 

Tn God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk 
before God in the light of the living? 


57 

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. 

1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of 
thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.*t 

21 will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 

3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. 
God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.* 

4™My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose 
teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. 

6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, 
into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. 


7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.8 





- 55:14 We...: Heb. Who sweetened counsel tt 55:15 hell: or, the grave a 55:19 Because...: or, With whom also there be no 
changes, yet they §§ 55:20 broken: Heb. profaned os 55:22 burden: or, gift ttt 55:23 bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and 
deceit +t 55:23 shall...: Heb. shall not half their days fe 56:1 Michtam...: or, A golden Psalm of David t 56:2 enemies: Heb. 
observers a 57:1 Al-taschith: or, Destroy not t 57:1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm t 57:3 from the...: or, he reproacheth him 
that 8 57:7 fixed: or, prepared 


Psalms 57:8 454 Psalms 59:17 


8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 

9T will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. 


58 
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. 
1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, 0 ye sons of men?*t 
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.* 
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;8** 
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. tt 


6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 

7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let 
them be as cut in pieces. 

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they 
may not see the sun. 

9° Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in 
his wrath.*+ 

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the 
wicked. 

4 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in 


the earth.8§ 
59 


To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to 

kill him. 

1 Deliver me from mine enemies, 0 my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.*t+ 

2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 

3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor 
for my sin, O LORD. 

4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.8 

5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful 
to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 

6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 

7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 


8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.** 


0The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. tt 

1Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our 
shield. 

2 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for 
cursing and lying which they speak. 

3 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in 
Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 

4 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 

5 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.##8§ 

6 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been 
my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 

7 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. 





* 
58:1 Al-taschith...: or, Destroy not t 58:1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm # 58:3 as soon...: Heb. from the belly § 58:4 like 





aK 
he poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc 58:4 adder: or, asp a1 58:5 charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning 
* 
+ 58:9 both...: Heb. as living as wrath 88 58:11 areward..: Heb. fruit of the, etc 59:1 Al-taschith...: or, Destroy not t 59:1 
aK 
Michtam: or, A golden Psalm t 59:1 defend...: Heb. set me on high § 50:4 help: Heb. meet 59:9 defence: Heb. high place 


tt 59:10 enemies: Heb. observers +4 59:15 for meat: Heb. to eat §§ 59:15 and grudge...: or, if they be not satisfied, then they 
will stay all night 


Psalms 60:1 455 Psalms 62:12 


60 

To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram- 
naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve 
thousand. 
10 God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us 

again. 
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 
4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 
5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. 


6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of 
h. 

7 Gilead is ne, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 

8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.* 

9 who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?$ 

10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? 

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.** 

12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 


To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. 

1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. 

2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock 
that is higher than I. 

3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 


4] will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.” 


5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 
6 Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations. t+ 

7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. 

8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. 


62 


To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 

1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.*t 

2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.* 

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall 
ye be, and as a tottering fence. 

4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their 
mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.§ 

5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 

6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. 

7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 


8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they 
are altogether lighter than vanity.”* 


10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon 
them. 

11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.tt 

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. 





60:1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm t 60:1 scattered: Heb. broken # 60:8 triumph...: or, triumph thou over me: (by an irony) 
§ 60:9 strong...: Heb. city of strength? i 60:11 help of man: Heb. salvation, etc ‘i 61:4 trust: or, make my refuge t 61:6 
Thou...: Heb. Thou shalt add days to the days of the king + 61:6 as...: Heb. as generation and generation is 62:1 Truly: or, Only 
t 62:1 waiteth: Heb. is silent # 62:2 defence: Heb. high place S 624 inwardly: Heb. in their inward parts on 62:9 altogether: 


or, alike tt 62:11 power: or, strength 


Psalms 63:1 456 Psalms 65:9 
63 


A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 

10 God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth 

for thee, my flesh longeth 

for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; t 

2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 


3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 

4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:* 
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 


7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. 

9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 

10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.S 

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them 
that speak lies shall be stopped. 


64 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve 
my life from fear of the enemy. 
2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 
4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who 
shall see them?"t 
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one 


of them, and the heart, is deep.*8 


7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.** 

8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 

9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. 

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall 
glory. 

65 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. 

1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.” 

20 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 

3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.t 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy 
courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 

5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence 
of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 


6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: 

7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. 

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the 
morning and evening to rejoice.* 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full 
of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.8 





- 63:1 thirsty: Heb. weary t 63:1 where...: without water t 63:5 marrow: Heb. fatness 8 63:10 They shall fall...: Heb. They 
shall make him run out like water by the hands of 7 64:5 matter: or, speech t 64:5 of...: Heb. to hide his snares + 64:6 they...: 
or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched 8 64:6 a diligent...: Heb. a search searched oe 64:7 shall they...: 
Heb. their wound shall be . 65:1 waiteth: Heb. is silent t 65:3 Iniquities: Heb. Words, or, Matters of iniquities t 65:8 rejoice: 


or, sing § 65:9 and...: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain 


Psalms 65:10 457 Psalms 68:3 


10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft 
with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.**tt 

11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.## 

12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.S§ 

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, 
they also sing. 


66 


To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. 

1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:* 

2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. 

3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine 
enemies submit themselves unto thee.* 

4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. 

5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 

6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. 

7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt 

themselves. Selah. 


80 bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 

9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 

9 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 

1 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 

2 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou 


broughtest us out into a wealthy place.§ 


3] will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 

4 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.** 

51 will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with 
goats. Selah.tt 

6 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 

71 cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. 

8If 1 regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 

9 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 

20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 


67 
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. 
1God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. *t 
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 
40 let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the 
nations upon earth. Selah.* 
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. 


68 





To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. 


1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.” 
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish 
at the presence of God. 


3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.t 





ok 
65:10 settlest: or, causest rain to descend into tt 65:10 makest...: Heb. dissolvest it + 65:11 with: Heb. of §§ 65:12 
* 
rejoice...: Heb. are girded with joy 66:1 all...: Heb. all the earth t 66:3 submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie + 66:9 
RK * 
holdeth: Heb. putteth 8 66:12 wealthy: Heb. moist 66:14 uttered: Heb. opened tt 66:15 fatlings: Heb. marrow 67:1 


* 
chief... or, overseer t 67:1 upon: Heb. with # 67:4 govern: Heb. lead 68:1 before...: Heb. from his face t 68:3 
exceedingly...: Heb. rejoice with gladness 


Psalms 68:4 458 Psalms 68:35 


4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol 

him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 

6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the 
rebellious dwell in a dry land.+ 


70 God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; 
Selah: 

8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the 
presence of God, the God of Israel. 

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was 

weary.S** 
°Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 
1 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.tt 


2Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.#* 

3 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her 
feathers with yellow gold. 

4When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.$$§ 


5 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. 
6 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in 
it for ever. 


7 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in 


Sinai, in the holy place.*** 


8 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, 
for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. tt 

9 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 

20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. 

21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in 

his trespasses. 





22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: 

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.*## 

24They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 

25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels 
playing with timbrels. 

26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.8$$ 

27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, 
and the princes of Naphtali.* 

28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 

29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. 

30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every 
one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.tt 

31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 


32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: 

33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and 
that a mighty voice.§ 

34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.”* 

35 0 God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power 
unto his people. Blessed be God. 





# 68:6 in families: Heb. inahouse 8 68:9 send: Heb. shake out os 68:9 confirm: Heb. confirm it tt 68:11 company: 
Heb. army + 68:12 did...: Heb. did flee, did flee §§ 68:14 in it..: or, for her, she ae 68:17 even...: or, even many 
thousands TTT 68:18 for men: Heb. in the man #44 68:23 dipped: or, red S88 68:26 from... or, ye that are of the fountain 
of Israel _ 68:27 and their...: or, with their company t 68:30 the company... or, the beasts of the reeds # 68:30 scatter...: or, 
he scattereth 8 68:33 send...: Heb. give he 68:34 clouds: or, heavens 


Psalms 69:1 459 Psalms 69:34 
69 


To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. 

1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 

2T sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow 
me. t 

31 am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy 
me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 

50 God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.* 

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek 
thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 

81 am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. 

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are 

fallen upon me. 
° When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 
1] made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 


2They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.§ 


3 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy 
mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 

4Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out 
of the deep waters. 

5 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her 
mouth upon me. 

6 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy 
tender mercies. 

7 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.” 

8 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 

9 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before 
thee. 

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but 

there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.*t 
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 





22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it 
become a trap. 

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 

25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. +#8$§ 

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast 
wounded.*** 

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. ttt 

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 


30] will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 

31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.*## 

33 For the LORD heareth 

the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 

34Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. S8§ 





* 
69:2 deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth t 69:2 deep waters: Heb. depth of waters t 69:5 sins: Heb. guiltiness 8 69:12 
aK 
drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink 69:17 hear...: Heb. make haste to hear me tt 69:20 to take...: Heb. to lament with 
RK 
me +t 69:25 their habitation: Heb. their palace 8§ 69:25 let none...: Heb. let there not be a dweller 69:26 those...: Heb. 


thy wounded ttt 69:27 iniquity unto...: or, punishment of iniquity, etc $44 69:32 humble: or, meek §8§ 69:34 moveth: 
Heb. creepeth 


Psalms 69:35 460 Psalms 72:1 


35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in 
possession. 
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. 


70 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 

1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.” 

2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put 
to confusion, that desire my hurt. 

3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 

4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say 
continually, Let God be magnified. 

5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer;O LORD, 
make no tarrying. 


71 
1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. 
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment 


to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.” 

4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel 
man. 

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. 

6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: 
my praise shall be continually of thee. 

71 am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 

8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. 


0 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,t 

1 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 

20 God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 

3 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with 
reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 


4But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 
5 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the 
numbers thereof. 
61 will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine 
only. 
70 God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 
8 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength 
unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.*§ 
9 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! 
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up 
again from the depths of the earth. 
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 
22] will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, 
0 thou Holy One of Israel.** 
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are 
brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. 





72 
A Psalm for Solomon. r 
1Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. 





* * 
70:1 to help...: Heb. to my help 71:3 Be...: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation t 71:10 lay...: Heb. watch, or, 
ct 
observe # 71:18 when...: Heb. unto old age and gray hairs § a8 thy strength: Heb. thine arm 71:22 the psaltery: Heb. 
* 
the instrument of psaltery 72:1 for: or, of 


Psalms 72:2 461 Psalms 73:21 


2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 

4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces 
the oppressor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 

6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 


71n his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.t 

8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 

° The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer 
gifts. 

1Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. 

2For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 

3He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 

4He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. 

5 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him 
continually; and daily shall he be praised.* 

6 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall 
shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 

7 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be 


blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.8** 


8 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 


9 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and 
Amen. 
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. 


73 





A Psalm of Asaph. 

1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.” t+ 

2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 
4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.S 


5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.**tt 

6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.## 

8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 

9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 

° Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 

1 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? 

2 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 

3 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 

4For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.8§ 


5 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 

6 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;"** 

7 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 

8 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 

9 How are they brought into desolation, as ina moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 





21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 





eK 
ih 72:7 so long...: Heb. till there be no moon + 72:15 shall be given: Heb. one shall give § 72:17 endure: Heb. be 72:17 his 
* 
name shall be...: Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father’s name for ever 73:1 of: or, for t 73:1 Truly: or, Yet t 73:1 of...: 
eK 
Heb. clean of heart § 73:4 firm: Heb. fat 73:5 in...: Heb. in the trouble of other men tt 73:5 like: Heb. with +t 73:7 


ARE 
have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart S8 73:14 chastened: Heb. my chastisement was 73:16 too...: Heb. labour in 
mine eyes 


Psalms 73:22 462 Psalms 75:2 


22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. ttt### 

23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 

24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 

26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.88§ 
27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from 


thee. 
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all 
thy works. 
74 
Maschil of Asaph. 
10 God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy 
* 
pasture? 


2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which 
thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.t 

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the 
sanctuary. 

4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 

5 Aman was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 

6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 

7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy 
name to the ground.+ 

8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of 
God in the land.§ 

9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how 

long. 
°0 God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? 
1 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 


2For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 


3 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters." tt 

4Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the 
wilderness. 

5 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.*# 

6 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 


7 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.8§ 


8 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, 0 LORD, and that the foolish people have 
blasphemed thy name. 

90 deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation 
of thy poor for ever. 

20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 

210 let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 

23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth 


continually.*** 





75 
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. 
1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy 


wondrous works declare.*t 
2 when I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.* 





ttt 73:22 ignorant: Heb. I knew not +t 73:22 before: Heb. with §8§ 73:26 strength: Heb. rock . 74:1 Maschil...: or, A 
Psalm for Asaph to give instruction t 74:2 rod: or, tribe t 74:7 They have cast...: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the 
fire 8 74:3 destroy: Heb. break ad 74:13 divide: Heb. break tt 74:13 dragons: or, whales +H 74:15 mighty...: Heb. 
rivers of strength §§ 74:17 made: Heb. made them 74:23 increaseth: Heb. ascendeth : 75:1 Al-taschith: or, Destroy 


not t 75:1 of: or, for t 75:2 receive...: or, take a set time 


Psalms 75:3 463 Psalms 77:20 


3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 
41 said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 


6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.8 

7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 

8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out 
a the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink 
them. 

9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 

10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. 


76 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. 


1{n Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel." t 

2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. 

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 

4Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 

5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found 
their hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 


7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 

9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 

° Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

1 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that 


ought to be feared.* 
2He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. 


77 
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. 


Icried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.” 

21In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused 

to be comforted.t 

3] remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 

4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 

5] have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 

61 call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made 
diligent search. 

7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? 

81s his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? 

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 

° And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. 





1] will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 

21 will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 

3 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? 

4Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 

5 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 

6 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. 

7 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.§ 

8 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled 
and shook. 

9 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 








* * 
§ 75:6 south: Heb, desert 76:1 chief...: or, overseer t 76:1 of: or, for # 76:11 unto him...: Heb. to fear 77:1 of: or, for 


t 77:2 sore: Heb. hand t 77:8 for evermore: Heb. to generation and generation? 8 37:17 poured...: Heb. were poured forth 
with water 


Psalms 78:1 464 Psalms 78:41 


78 
Maschil of Asaph. 


1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.” 

21 will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 

3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 

4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, 
and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our 
fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 

6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should 
arise and declare them to their children: 

7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 

8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not 


their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.t 


9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.* 

° They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 

1 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 

2 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 

3 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. 

41n the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 

5 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. 

6 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 

7 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. 

8 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 

° Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?§ 

20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread 
also? can he provide flesh for his people? 

21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also 
came up against Israel; 

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: 

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 

24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. 

25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.** 

26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.tt 

27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:+* 

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 

29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; 

30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 

31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of 
Israel, 88*** 

32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 

34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. 

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 

38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time 
turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 





40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!ttt 
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 





* 
78:1 Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction t 78:8 that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart t 78:9 carrying: 
aK 
Heb. throwing forth § 78:19 furnish: Heb. order 78:25 Man...: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty tt 78:26 
BRK 
to blow: Heb. to go + 78:27 feathered...: Heb. fowl of wing §§ 78:31 smote...: Heb. made to bow 78:31 chosen...: or, 


young men Tit 78:40 provoke: or, rebel against 


Psalms 78:42 465 Psalms 79:7 


42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.**+ 

43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:8$$§ 

44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 

45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. 


47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.*t 


48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.*§ 

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil 
angels among them. 

50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the 
pestilence; *tt 

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 

52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 


53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.** 
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had 
urchased. 

55 He cnt out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the 
tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven 
images. 

59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred 

Israel: 

60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 

61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand. 

62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. 

63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.S§ 

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 

66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. 

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 

69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever."** 

70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 

71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his 
inheritance. ttt 

72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his 
hands. 


a9 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

10 God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid 
Jerusalem on heaps.” 

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of 
thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 

3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 

4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 

5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 


6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have 
not called upon thy name. 
7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 





Ht 78:42 from...: or, from affliction S88 79.43 wrought: Heb. set . 78:47 destroyed: Heb. killed t 78:47 frost: or, great 
hailstones + 78:48 gave...: Heb. shut up § 78:48 hot...: or, lightnings me 78:50 He made...: Heb. He weighed a path tt 78:50 
life...: or, beasts to the murrain + 78:53 overwhelmed: Heb. covered 8§ 78:63 given...: Heb. praised oar 78:69 established: 
Heb. founded tit 78:71 following: Heb. after - 79:1 of: or, for 


Psalms 79:8 466 Psalms 81:9 


80 remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are 
brought very low.t 

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, 
for thy name’s sake. 

10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our 
sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.* 

"Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve 
thou those that are af jointed to die;S** 

12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have 
reproached thee, O Lord. 

13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy 
praise to all generations. tt 


80 
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. 
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the 
cherubims, shine forth.” 
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.t 
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 
40 LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?+ 
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 
7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 


8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 

9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 

0 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.8 

1 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 

2 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 

3 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 

4Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 

5 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for 
thyself. 

6 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 

7 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for 
thyself. 

8 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 

9Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 


81 

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. 

1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.” 

2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 

4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard 
a language that I understood not.t 

61 removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.* 

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved 
thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.S 





8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: 0 Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 





t 79:8 former...: or, the iniquities of them that were before us # 79:10 revenging: Heb. vengeance 8 yo:11 thy...: Heb. thine 
arm sai 79:11 preserve...: Heb. reserve the children of death tt 79:13 to all...: Heb. to generation and generation . 80:1 of: 
or, for t 80:2 come...: Heb. come for salvation to us # 80:4 be...: Heb. smoke § goz10 goodly...: Heb. cedars of God “ 81:1 
of Asaph: or, for Asaph t 81:5 through: or, against # 81:6 were...: Heb. passed away 8 81:7 Meribah: or, Strife 


Psalms 81:10 467 Psalms 84:4 


°T am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I 
will fill it. 

1But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 

2So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.” 

30h that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 

41 should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 

5 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have 
endured for ever. 

6 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I 


have satisfied thee.t# 





82 
A Psalm of Asaph. 


1God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.” 

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.t 

4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 

5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the 
earth are out of course.* 


6 have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. 


83 
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 


1 Keep not thou silence, 0 God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, 0 God.* 

2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 

4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no 
more in remembrance. 

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:t 

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 


8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.+ 


9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 

° Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 

1Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 

2 who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 

30 my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 

4 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 

5 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 

6 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 

7 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 

8 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 





To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, 0 LORD of hosts!” 

2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for 
the living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her 
young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. 

4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 





3k 
81:12 unto...: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination tt 81:15 submitted...: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied 
* 
+H 81:16 finest...: Heb. fat of wheat 82:1 of Asaph: or, for Asaph t 82:3 Defend: Heb. Judge # 82:5 out...: Heb. moved 


* * 
83:1 of Asaph: or, for Asaph t 83:5 consent: Heb. heart t 83:8 holpen: Heb. been an arm to 84:1 for the sons: or, of the 
sons 


Psalms 84:5 468 Psalms 86:15 


5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.t* 
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.8 


80 LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 

9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 

° For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.** 

1 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

20 LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 


85 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.*t 
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.* 
4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 

6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 

7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. 





8] will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: 
but let them not turn again to folly. 

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 

10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. 


86 
A Prayer of David. 


1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.” 

2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: 0 thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.t 

3Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.* 

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. 

6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. 

7In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. 


8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. 

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy 
name. 

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. 

12] will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and 1 will glorify thy name for evermore. 

13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.S 

140 God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; 
and have not set thee before them.** 

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy 
and truth. 





t 84:6 Baca...: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc # 84:6 filleth: Heb. covereth 8 34:7 strength to...: or, company to company 

84:10 I had...: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold . 85:1 for the sons: or, of the sons t 85:1 favourable: or, 
well pleased + 85:3 thyself...: or, thine anger from waxing hot : 86:1 A Prayer...: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of David t 86:2 
holy: or, one whom thou favourest + 86:3 daily: or, all the day § 36:13 hell: or, grave i 86:14 violent: Heb. terrible 


Psalms 86:16 469 Psalms 89:5 


160 turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of 
thine handmaid. 

17Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, 
hast holpen me, and comforted me. 


87 


A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. 


1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 


41 will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with 
Ethiopia; this man was born there. 
5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish 


her. 
6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 
7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. 


88 

A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of 

Heman the Ezrahite. 

10 LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:*t 

2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 

4T am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they 
are cut off from thy hand.* 

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: 
Tam shut up, and I cannot come forth. 

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out 
my hands unto thee. 


° wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise 

and praise thee? Selah. 

1 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 

2 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 
3 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 

4 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 

51 am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 

6 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 

7 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.§ 

8 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. 


89 
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to 
all generations. *t 
2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very 
heavens. 
31 have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 
4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. 





5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the 
saints. 





* * 
87:1 for the sons: or, of the sons 88:1 for the sons: or, of the sons t 88:1 Maschil...: or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, 
* 
giving instruction # 88:5 from: or, by § 8:17 daily: or, all the day 89:1 Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite, to 


give instruction t 89:1 to all...: Heb. to generation and generation 


Psalms 89:6 470 Psalms 89:47 


6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be 
likened unto the LORD? 
7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are 
about him. 
80 LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? 
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 
° Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy 
strong arm,#8 
1 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast 
founded them.** 
2The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 
3 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.tt 
4 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.*# 


5 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy 
countenance. 

6 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 

7For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 


8For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.8§ 





9 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I 
have exalted one chosen out of the people. 

201 have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 

21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 

23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. 

24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 

25] will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 

27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 

29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 

30 Tf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 


31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;*** 

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 

33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to 
fail TTF 

34-My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.S8§ 

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 

37 Tt shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. 


38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the 
ground. 

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 

41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.” 

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. 

46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? 

47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 





t 89:10 Rahab: or, Egypt § go:10 thy...: Heb. the arm of thy strength as. 89:11 the fulness...: or, all it containeth tt 89:13 a...: 
Heb. an arm with might as 89:14 habitation: or, establishment §§ 89:18 the LORD...: or, our shield is of the LORD, and our king 
is of the Holy One of Israel oe 89:31 break: Heb. profane ttt 89:33 will...: Heb. I will not make void from him Ht 89:33 
to fail: Heb. to lie §8§ 89:35 that...: Heb. if1 lie : 89:44 glory: Heb. brightness 


Psalms 89:48 471 Psalms 91:13 


48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the 
grave? Selah. 

49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? 

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the 
mighty people; 

51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, 0 LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps 
of thine anointed. 

52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. 


90 


A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 


1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.*t 

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even 
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. 


4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.+ 

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which 
groweth up.8 

6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 


7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 


°For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told."*tt 

° The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore 
years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.*+ 

1 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 


2So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.8§ 

3Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 

40 satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

5 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen 
evil. 

6 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. 

7 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon 
us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 


91 
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” 
2T will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 
4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield 
and buckler. 
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 





9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under 


feet.t 





90:1 A Prayer...: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of Moses ti 90:1 in...: Heb. in generation and generation + 90:4 when...: or, when 
he hath passed them § 90:5 groweth...: or, is changed o 90:9 passed...: Heb. turned away tt 90:9 as a...: or, as a meditation 
+H 90:10 The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years 88 0:12 apply: Heb. cause to come . 91:1 
abide: Heb. lodge t 91:13 adder: or, asp 


Psalms 91:14 472 Psalms 94:15 


4 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he 
hath known my name. 

5 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and 
honour him. 

6 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. 


92 
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. 
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 
2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,” 
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.t+ 
4For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 
50 LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. 





7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they 
shall be destroyed for ever: 

8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. 

9For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be 
scattered. 

°But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 

1 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked 
that rise up against me. 

2 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 

3 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 

4They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;S 

5 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 


93 
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath 
girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. 
2 Thy throne is established 


of old: thou art from everlasting.” 
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 
4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 


5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, 0 LORD, for ever.t 


94 


10 LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; 0 God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.*t 

2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. 

3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 

4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 

5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. 

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 

7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 

° He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 

10 He ae hasta the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he 
now? 

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 





12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; 
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 
M4For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 


15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. 





* 

+ 91:16 long...: Heb. length of days 92:2 every...: Heb. in the nights 3 92:3 the harp...: or, the solemn sound with the harp 
* 

# 92:3 a solemn...: Heb. Higgaion S oa:14 flourishing: Heb. green 93:2 of old: Heb. from then t 93:5 for ever: Heb. to 


length of days * 94:1 God...: Heb. God of revenges t 94:1 shew...: Heb. shine forth # 94:15 shall follow...: Heb. shall be after 
it 


Psalms 94:16 473 Psalms 97:6 


16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of 
iniquity? 

17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.8 

18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. 

19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 

20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 

22But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 

23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; 
yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. 


10 come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.” 
3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 

41n his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.t+ 

5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.§ 

60 come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. 


7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will 
hear his voice, 

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:** 

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, 
and they have not known my ways: 

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.tt 


10 sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. 

2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. 

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. 

4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 

6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 

7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 
8Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.” 
90 worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.t 


° Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not 
be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. 

1Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.+ 

2Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 

3 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with 
righteousness, and the people with his truth. 


97 
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.* 
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his 
throne.t 
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 
4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. 
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. 








* 
$ 94:17 almost: or, quickly 95:2 come...: Heb. prevent his face t 95:4 In...: Heb. In whose t 95:4 the strength...: or, the 
RK 
heights of the hills are his S 95:5 The sea...: Heb. Whose the sea is 95:8 provocation: Heb. contention tt 95:11 that...: 
* 
Heb. if they enter into my rest 96:8 due...: Heb. of his name t 96:9 in the...: or, in the glorious sanctuary + 96:11 the 


* 
fulness...: or, all it containeth 97:1 multitude...: Heb. many, or, great isles t 97:2 habitation: or, establishment 


Psalms 97:7 474 Psalms 101:1 


7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye 
gods. 


8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. 

°For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 

10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the 
hand of the wicked. 

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 


12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.* 


98 

A Psalm. 

10 sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy 
arm, hath gotten him the victory. 

2The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of 
the heathen.” 

3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth 
have seen the salvation of our God. 


4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 

5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 

6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.t 

8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 

9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and 
the people with equity. 


99 
1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.” 
2The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. 
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 
4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and 
righteousness in Jacob. 


5Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.t 


6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called 
upon the LORD, and he answered them. 

7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave 
them. 

8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest 
vengeance of their inventions. 

9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. 


100 


A Psalm of praise. 

1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.”*t 

2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, 
and the sheep of his pasture. 

4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and 


bless his name. 
5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.8 


101 
A Psalm of David. 
1] will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 





* * 
t 97:12 at...: or, to the memorial 98:2 openly...: or, revealed t 98:7 the fulness...: or, all it containeth 99:1 be moved: 
* 
Heb. stagger t 99:5 he is...: or, it is holy 100:1 praise: or, thanksgiving t 100:1 all...: Heb. all the earth # 100:3 and 


not...: or, and his we are S 1005 to alll... Heb. to generation and generation 


Psalms 101:2 475 Psalms 103:2 


21 will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my 
house with a perfect heart. 

3] will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave 
to me.” 

4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud 
heart will not I suffer. 

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a 
perfect way, he shall serve me.t 

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my 
sight.* 

8] will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the 
LORD. 


102 


A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. 


1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.” 
2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when 1 am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when 
I call answer me speedily. 


3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.t 

4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.* 

6T am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 

71 watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 

° Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 

1 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 


2But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 

3 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 

4For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 

5 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 

6When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 

7 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 

8 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise 
the LORD. 

9 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the 
earth; 

20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;8 

21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 

22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 





23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.** 

241 said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 

25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 

26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture 
shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:tt 

27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 

28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. 


103 
A Psalm of David. 
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 





* 
101:3 wicked...: Heb. thing of Belial t 101:6 ina...: or, perfect in the way # 101:7 shall not tarry: Heb. shall not be established 
* 
102:1 of: or, for t 102:3 like...: or, (as some read) into smoke t 102:5 skin: or, flesh § 102:20 those...: Heb. the children of 
eK 
death 102:23 weakened: Heb. afflicted tt 102:26 endure: Heb. stand 


Psalms 103:3 476 Psalms 104:19 


3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 

4 who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender 
mercies; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 


6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 


8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.” 

9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 

° He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

1For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.t 

2 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 

3 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 

4For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 

5 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 

6 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.* 

7 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his 
righteousness unto children’s children; 

8 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 





9The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening 
unto the voice of his word.§ 

21Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 

22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. 


104 

1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and 
majesty. 

2who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 

3who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh 
upon the wings of the wind: 

4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.” 

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 

8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded 
for them.t 

9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 


0 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.*8 

1 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.”* 

2 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. tt 

3 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 

4He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth 
food out of the earth; 

5 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which 
strengtheneth man’s heart.*# 

6 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 


7 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 
8 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. 





9 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 





103:8 plenteous...: Heb. great in mercy t 103:11 as...: Heb. according to the height of the heaven + 103:16 itis...: Heb. it is not 
S 103:20 that excel...: Heb. mighty in strength 7 104:5 Who...: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases t 104:8 They 
go up...: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend # 104:10 He: Heb. Who 8 104:10 run: Heb. walk a 104:11 quench: 
Heb. break tt 104:12 sing: Heb. give a voice + 104:15 oil...: Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil 


Psalms 104:20 477 Psalms 105:31 


20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.8§ 

21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. 

24Q LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy 
riches. 

25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 

26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.*** 

27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 

28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their 


dust. 
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. 


31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.tTt 

32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 

33] will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. 

35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, 
O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. 


105 
10 give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 
3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 
4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. 
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 
60 ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. 
7He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. 


8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 

° And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 
1 saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:* 

2 when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 

3 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 
4He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 

5 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 

6 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 

7He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 

8 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:t 

9 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. 

20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 

21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:* 

22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. 

23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 

24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. 





25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. 
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 

27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.§ 

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. 





EK 
$$ 14:20 beasts...: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest 104:26 made: Heb. formed ttt 104:31 endure: Heb. be 


* 
105:11 lot: Heb. cord T 105:18 he...: Heb. his soul came into iron # 105:21 substance: Heb. possession § 105:27 his...: 
Heb. words of his signs 


Psalms 105:32 478 Psalms 106:30 


32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.** 

33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 

34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, 

35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 

36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. 

37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their 
tribes. 

38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. 

39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 

40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 

41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 

42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 

43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:tt 

44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; 


45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.*# 


106 
1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.” 
2who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? 
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. 
4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; 
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may 
glory with thine inheritance. 


6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; 
but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the 
wilderness. 

9 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the 
enemy. 

1 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 

2 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 


3 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:t 

4But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.* 

5 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 

6 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. 

7 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 

8 Anda fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 

9 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 

20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 

21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; 

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. 

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the 
breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:8 

25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. 

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:** 


27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.tt 

28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 








ok * 
105:32 them...: Heb. their rain hail tt 105:43 gladness: Heb. singing #4 105:45 Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah 106:1 Praise...: 
Heb. Hallelujah t 106:13 They soon...: Heb. They made haste, they forgat t 106:14 lusted..: Heb. lustedalust 8 106:24 the 


aK 
pleasant...: Heb. a land of desire 106:26 to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall tt 106:27 To overthrow: Heb. To make them 
fall 


Psalms 106:31 479 Psalms 107:24 


31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. 
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 


34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 

35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 

36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 

38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed 
unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 

39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 

40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own 
inheritance. 

41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 

43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low 
for their iniquity.+* 

44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 

45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 

46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, 
and to triumph in thy praise. 

48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. 


Praise ye the LORD.SS 
107 


10 give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the 
south.” 

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 

6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 

7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 

8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men! 

9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 


° Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 

1 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 
2 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 
3 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 

4He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 


5 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men! 
6 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 


7 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 

8 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 

9 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 

20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 

21 0h that mee would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men! 

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.t 





23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 
24These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. 





* 
+ 106:43 brought...: or, impoverished, or, weakened $8 106:48 Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah 107:3 south: Heb. sea t 107:22 
rejoicing: Heb. singing 


Psalms 107:25 480 Psalms 109:7 


25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.* 

26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of 
trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. 8 

28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 

31 0h that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men! 

32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the 
elders. 


33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.” 

35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 

39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no 
way.tt 

41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.## 

42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 


43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the 
LORD. 


ok 


108 
A Song or Psalm of David. 
10 God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 
31 will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 
4For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.” 
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; 


6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of 
Succoth. 

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 

9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 

10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 

4 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 

12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 

13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 


109 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken 
against me with a lying tongue. *t 
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 
4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 


6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.* 
7 when he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.S 





RK 
+ 107:25 raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand § 107:27 are...: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up 107:34 barrenness: Heb. 
* * 
saltiness tt 107:40 wilderness: or, void place + 107:41 from: or, after 108:4 clouds: or, skies 109:2 of the deceitful: 


Heb. of deceit t 109:2 are opened: Heb. have opened themselves + 109:6 Satan: or, an adversary § 109:7 be condemned: 
Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked 


Psalms 109:8 481 Psalms 111:6 


8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.** 
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 
°Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate 
laces. 
1Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 
2Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 
3 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 
4 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be 
blotted out. 
5 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 
6 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he 
might even slay the broken in heart. 
7 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 
8 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, 
and like oil into his bones.tt 
9 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded 
continually. 
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my 
soul. 





21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou 
me. 

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 

231 am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 

24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 

25] became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 

26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 

27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. 

28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 

29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own 
confusion, as with a mantle. 

30] will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 


31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.*# 


110 
A Psalm of David. 
1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
2The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 
3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the 
morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.” 
4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 


5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the 


heads over many countries.t 
7He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. 


111 
1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and 


in the congregation.” 
2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 
3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 
4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 


5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.t 


6He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 





K * 
109:8 office: or, charge tt 109:18 into his bowels: Heb. within him + 109:31 those...: Heb. the judges of 110:3 
* 
from...: or, more than the womb of the morning: thou shalt have, etc t 110:6 many: or, great 111:1 Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah 


t 111:5 meat: Heb. prey 


Psalms 111:7 482 Psalms 115:7 


7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. 


8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.* 

9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend 
is his name. 

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his 


+ + KK 
commandments: his praise endureth for ever.§ 


112 
1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his 
commandments.” 
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 
4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and 
righteous. 


5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.t 


6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 

7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. 

8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. 

9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be 
exalted with honour. 

10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of 
the wicked shall perish. 


113 
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.” 
2Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised. 
4The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 
5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,t 
6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 
7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the 


LORD.t 
114 


1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 
2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 

3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 

4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 

8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 


115 

1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s 
sake. 

2 wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 

3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 

4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 

5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 

6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 

7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through 
their throat. 





aK * 
# 111:8 stand... Heb. are established 8 111:10 a good...: or, good success 111:10 his commandments: Heb. them 112:1 
* 
Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah t 112:5 discretion: Heb. judgment 113:1 Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah t 113:5 dwelleth...; Heb. 
exalteth himself to dwell + 113:9 to keep...: Heb. to dwell in an house 


Psalms 115:8 483 Psalms 118:11 
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 


90 Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 

°0O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 

1Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 

2The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the 
house of Aaron. 

3He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.” 

4The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 

5 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 

6 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 

7 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. 

8 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. 


116 


I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 


2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.” 
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and 
T 
sorrow. 
4Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 
©The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. 
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 
91 will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 





°T believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 

1] said in my haste, All men are liars. 

2 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? 

31 will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 

41 will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. 

5 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. 

60 LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed 
my bonds. 

71 will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 

81 will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 

91m the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. 


117 
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye 
the LORD. 





118 
10 give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 
2Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 
4Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 


51 called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me ina large place.” 


6The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?t 

7The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate 
me. 

8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. 

10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.* 

11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy 
them. 





* * * 
115:13 and: Heb. with 116:2 as long...: Heb. in my days t 116:3 gat...: Heb. found me 118:5 in distress: Heb. out of 
distress t 118:6 on...: Heb. for me + 118:10 destroy...: Heb. cut them off 


Psalms 118:12 484 Psalms 119:24 


2 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the 
LORD I will destroy them.8 

3 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. 

4The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 

5 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD 
doeth valiantly. 

6 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. 

71 shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. 

8 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. 





9 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: 

20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. 

21] will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 

22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. 

23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.” 

24This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 

25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the 
LORD. 

27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of 
the altar. 

28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 

290 give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 


119 


S& ALEPH. 
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.” 
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 


4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 
50 that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 


71 will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.t 
8] will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. 
= BETH. 
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 
° With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 
1 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. 
2Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. 


3 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 

4T have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 
5] will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 

6] will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. 


3 GIMEL. 
7 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. 
8 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.* 
9Tam a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. 
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 


24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.§ 








2K * 
§ 118:12 destroy: Heb. cut down 118:23 the LORD’s...: Heb. from the LORD 119:1 undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere 


t 119:7 thy...: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness t 119:18 Open: Heb. Reveal S ii9:24 my counsellors: Heb. men of my 
counsel 


Psalms 119:25 485 Psalms 119:62 


“| DALETH. 
25 My soul cleaveth 
unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 


26] have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. 
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 


28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.** 
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. 


30] have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 
31] have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. 
32] will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 


1 HE. 
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. 
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 


35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 

37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.tt 
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 

39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 

40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. 


) VAU. 
41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. 


42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.## 


43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 
44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 


45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.S$ 
461 will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 
47 And] will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy 
statutes. 
} ZAIN. 
49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. 
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. 
521 remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. 
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 


55] have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. 
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. 

TT CHETH. 
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. 


58] intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.” 


59] thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 

60] made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 

61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.ttt 

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. 





ok 
119:28 melteth: Heb. droppeth tt 119:37 Turn...: Heb. Make to pass aa 119:42 So...: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth 
2K 
me ina thing 8§ 119:45 at liberty: Heb. at large 119:58 favour: Heb. face ttt 119:61 bands: or, companies 


Psalms 119:63 486 Psalms 119:98 


63] am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. 


( TETH. 
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. 
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 


69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. 
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 
* JOD. 
73 thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy 
commandments. 
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 


751 know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.+## 


76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.88§ 
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 


78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in 
thy precepts. 

79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. 

80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. 


> CAPH. 
81 My soul fainteth 
for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute 
me? 


85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 


86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.” 
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. 
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. 


5 LAMED. 
89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. t+ 
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. 
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 
931 will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 
947 am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. 
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. 
96] have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 


f) MEM. 
970 how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 


98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with 
§ 
me. 





* 
Ht 119:75 right: Heb. righteousness §8§ 119:76 for...: Heb. to comfort me 119:86 faithful: Heb. faithfulness t 119:90 
unto...: Heb. to generation and generation + 119:90 abideth: Heb. standeth § 119:98 they...: Heb. it is ever with me 


Psalms 119:99 487 Psalms 119:138 


991 have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 
0] understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. 

01] have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 

02] have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. 


03 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!** 
°4Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 


3 NUN. 
05 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.tt 
06] have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 
°71 am afflicted very much: quicken me, 0 LORD, according unto thy word. 
98 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 


09 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 
° The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. 


1Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 
21 have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.*# 


© SAMECH. 
3] hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 
4Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 
5 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. 


6 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 
7 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. 


8 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. 


° Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.8§ 
20 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. 





D AIN. 
21] have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 
22Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. 
23 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 


24Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 
25] am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 
26 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. 


27 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 

28 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. 
© PE. 

29 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. 

30 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. 

31] opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. 

32Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.”™ 

33 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 

34 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. 

35 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. 

36 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. 


ok 


3 TZADDI. 
37 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 


38 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. ttt+## 





ok 
119:103 taste: Heb. palate tt 119:105 lamp: or, candle #4 119:112 to perform: Heb. to do 88 iio:19 puttest...: 





RK 
Heb. causest to cease 119:132 as thou...: Heb. according to the custom toward those, etc ttt 119:138 righteous: Heb. 
righteousness Ht 119:138 faithful: Heb. faithfulness 


Psalms 119:139 488 Psalms 120:1 


39 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.S§$§ 
40 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.” 

41] am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 

42 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 


43 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.t 
44 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. 


P KOPH. 
45] cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. 
461 cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.* 


47] prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 
48 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 
49 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. 


50 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 
51 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 
52 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 


“| RESH. 
53 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 
54 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 
55 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. 
56 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.§ 
57 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 
58] beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 
59 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. 
60 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 
WY SCHIN. 
61 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 
62] rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 
63] hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 
64 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. 
65 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.tt 
66 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 


67 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 
68] have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. 


D TAU. 
69 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. 
70 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 
71 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 
72 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. 


73 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 

74] have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 

75 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 

76] have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. 


120 
A Song of degrees. 
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 








* 
§8§ 119:139 consumed...: Heb. cut me off 119:140 pure: Heb. tried, or, refined t 119:143 taken...: Heb. found me t 119:146 


pt 
and I...: or, that I may keep 8 119:156 Great: or, Many 119:160 Thy word...: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true tt 119:165 
nothing...: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock 


Psalms 120:2 489 Psalms 124:8 


2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?" t 
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper* 


5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 


71 am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.§ 


121 
A Song of degrees. 


1] will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” 

2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 

3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 

5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 

7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 

8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 


122 
A Song of degrees of David. 
1] was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 
3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 
4 whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto 
the name of the LORD. 
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.” 


6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 

7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 

8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. 


123 

A Song of degrees. 

1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto 
the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy 
upon us. 

3 Have ery upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of 
the proud. 


124 
A Song of degrees of David. 
1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 
21f it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 


6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 





* 

120:3 What shall be given...: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall is profit thee? ii 120:3 done: Heb. 
added # 120:4 Sharp...: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper § 120:7 for peace: or, a man of peace 
* * 

121:1 I will...: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come? 122:5 are...: Heb. do sit 


Psalms 125:1 490 Psalms 129:4 


125 
A Song of degrees. 
1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth 
even for ever. 
3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their 


hands unto iniquity.” 


4Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers 
of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. 


126 
A Song of degrees. 
1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.” 
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the 
heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.t 
3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 


4Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 


5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.* 
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, 


bringing his sheaves with him.§ 


127 
A Song of degrees for Solomon. 
1Except the LORD build 
the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but 
in vain. 
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved 
sleep. 
3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak 


with the enemies in the gate.+§ 


128 
A Song of degrees. 
1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round 
about thy table. 
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy 


life. 
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel. 
129 
A Song of degrees. 


1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:” 

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.t 
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 

4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 





2 125:3 the wicked: Heb. wickedness 126:1 turned...: Heb. returned the returning t 126:2 hath...: Heb. hath magnified to do 
withthem # 126:5 joy: or, singing S 126:6 precious...: or, seed basket 4 127:1 for...: or, of Solomon t 127:1 that...: Heb. 
that are builders of it init + 127:5 his...: Heb. filled his quiver with them S 97:5 speak...: or, subdue, or, destroy a 129:1 
Many...: or, Much t 129:2 Many...: or, Much 


Psalms 129:5 491 Psalms 133:1 


5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: 

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 

8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of 
the LORD. 


130 
A Song of degrees. 
1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 
2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 
31f thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 
4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 


51 wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that 
watch for the morning.” 

7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 


131 
A Song of degrees of David. 
1 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or 
in things too high for me.”t 
2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as 


a weaned child. 
3Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. 


132 
A Song of degrees. 
1 LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: 
2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 
3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; 
41 will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 
5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.” 
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. 
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 
°For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 


1The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set 
upon thy throne.t 

21f thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall 
also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 

3For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 

4This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 

5] will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.* 

6] will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 


7 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.§ 
8 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. 


133 





A Song of degrees of David. 
1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” 





* * 
130:6 I say...: or, which watch unto 131:1 exercise...: Heb. walk t 131:1 high: Heb. wonderful t 131:2 myself: Heb. 
* 
my soul § 131:3 henceforth: Heb. now 132:5 an habitation: Heb. habitations t 132:11 body: Heb. belly + 132:15 
* 
abundantly: or, surely § 132:17 lamp: or, candle 133:1 together...: Heb. even together 


Psalms 133:2 492 Psalms 136:17 


2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that 
went down to the skirts of his garments; 

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD 
commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. 


134 
A Song of degrees. 
1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the 
LORD. 


2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.” 
3The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. 


135 
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. 
2Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, 
3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 
4For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. 


5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 

6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 

7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he 
bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 


8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.” 

9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 
°who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; 

1 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: 

2 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. 

3Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, 0 LORD, throughout all generations.t 
4For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. 


5 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 

6 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 

7 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 

8 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. 

9 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: 

20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. 

21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. 


136 
10 give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
20 give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
30 give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
4To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 


8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:* 
9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. 





°To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

1 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

2 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

3 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

4 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

5 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.t 
6 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
7To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 








* * 
134:2 the sanctuary: or, holiness 135:8 both...: Heb. from man unto beast t 135:13 throughout...: Heb. to generation and 
* 
generation 136:8 to rule...: Heb. for the rulings by day t 136:15 overthrew: Heb. shaked off 


Psalms 136:18 493 Psalms 139:10 


18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. 


23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. 


137 
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of 
us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.*t 
4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?+ 
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 
If 1 do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem 


above my chief joy.8 


7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to 


the foundation thereof.”* 
80 daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast 


served us.tt## 
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.8$ 
138 
A Psalm of David. 


1] will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 

2] will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: 
for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 

3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 


6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. 

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against 
the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 

8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake 

not the works of thine own hands. 


139 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
10 LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.” 
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 


7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 

8IfT ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if1 make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 
9 If l take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 





* 
137:3 a song: Heb. the words of a song t 137:3 wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps ¥ sz strange...: Heb. land of a stranger? 
aK 
8 137:6 my chief...: Heb. the head of my joy 137:7 Rase it: Heb. Make bare tt 137:8 destroyed: Heb. wasted aa 137:8 
* 
rewardeth...: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us §§ 137:9 the stones: Heb. the rock 139:3 compassest: 


or, winnowest 


Psalms 139:11 494 Psalms 141:4 


1If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 

2 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light 
are both alike to thee.t+ 

3 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. 

41 will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my 
soul knoweth right well.§ 

5 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest 
parts of the earth.”* 

6 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, 
which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.tt## 


7 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 

8 If 1 should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 

9 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 

21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against 
thee? 

22] hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. 

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 


24 and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.§§ 


140 





To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

1 Deliver me,O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;* 

2 which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah. 

4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve 

me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 

5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set 
gins for me. Selah. 

61 said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. 

70 GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 


8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. 
Selah.t 

9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 

°Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up 
again. 

1Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.* 

21 know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. 

3 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. 


141 
A Psalm of David. 
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening 
sacrifice.” 
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 
4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let 
me not eat of their dainties. 








sf 139:12 hideth...: Heb. darkeneth not # 139:12 the darkness and...: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light § 139:14 right...: 
Heb. greatly a 139:15 substance: or, strength, or, body tt 139:16 all...: Heb. all of them +t 139:16 which...: or, what days 
they should be fashioned 88 130:24 wicked... Heb. way of pain, or, grief : 140:1 violent...: Heb. man of violences t 140:8 
lest...: or, let them not be exalted # 140:11 an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established 


* 
in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow 141:2 set...: Heb. directed 


Psalms 141:5 495 Psalms 144:5 


5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, 
which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.t 

6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 

7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.+ 

9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.8 


142 


Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. 


11 cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.” 

2T poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. 

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I 
walked have they privily laid a snare for me. 


41 looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; 


no man cared for my soul. t#§ 

51 cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 

6 Attend unto my cry; for 1am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger 
than I. 

7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for 
thou shalt deal bountifully with me. 


143 
A Psalm of David. 
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy 
righteousness. 


2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made 
me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 

4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed 

within me; my heart within me is desolate. 

51 remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. 

61 stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. 


7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that 
go down into the pit.” 

8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way 
wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 

9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.t 

10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. 

11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. 

12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for Iam thy servant. 


144 

A Psalm of David. ‘ 

1Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:"t 

2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; 
who subdueth my people under me.* 

3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account 
of him! 

4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 





fi 141:5 me; it shall be a...: or, me kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break, etc t 141:8 leave...: Heb. make not my 
soulbare § 141:10 escape: Heb. pass over m 142:1 Maschil...: or, A Psalm of David, giving instruction t 142:4 1 looked...: or, 
Look on the right hand, and see t 142:4 failed...: Heb. perished from me 8 142:4 cared...: Heb. sought after * 143:7 lest...: 
or, for 1am become like, etc t 143:9 flee...: Heb. hide me with thee in 144:1 strength: Heb. rock t 144:1 to war...: Heb. to the 


war, etc + 144:2 My goodness: or, My mercy 


Psalms 144:6 496 Psalms 146:6 


6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. 
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange 


children;S 
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 


91 will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing 
praises unto thee. 

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.”* 

1Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their 
right hand is a right hand of falsehood: 

2 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, 


polished after the similitude of a palace:tt 
3 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands 


and ten thousands in our streets:¥+ 

4 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no 
complaining in our streets.88 

5 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. 


145 
David’s Psalm of praise. 
I will extol thee, my God, 0 king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 
2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 
3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.” 
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 
51 will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.t 
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.* 
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 
8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.S 
9The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. 





° All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. 

1 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 

2To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

3 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.” 
4The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 

5 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.t 

6 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 

7The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.*+ 

8The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

9 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 
20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 

21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 


146 
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.” 
2while I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 


3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.* 
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. 





5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: 





§ 144:7 hand from: Heb. hands from a 144:10 salvation: or, victory tt 144:12 polished: Heb. cut #4 144:13 all...: Heb. 
fromkindtokind 88 144:14 strong...: Heb. able to bear burdens, or, loaden with flesh 145:3 and his...: Heb. and of his greatness 
there isno search Tt 145:5 works: Heb. things, or, words # 145:6 declare: Heb. declare it 8 145:8 of great...: Heb. great in 
mercy bi 145:13 an...: Heb. a kingdom of all ages tt 145:15 wait...: or, look unto +H 145:17 holy: or, merciful, or, bountiful 


* 
146:1 Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah t 146:3 help: or, salvation 


Psalms 146:7 497 Psalms 149:1 


7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth 
the prisoners: 

8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD 
loveth the righteous: 

9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked 
he turneth upside down. 

10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. 


147 
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 
2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 
3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” 
4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.t 
©The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. 
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 
8 who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow 
upon the mountains. 
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. 
°He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 
1The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. 


2 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 

3 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 

4He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth 

thee with the finest of the wheat.*§ 

5 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. 

6 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. 

7 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? 

8 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 
9 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.** 

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye 
the LORD. 





148 


1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.” 

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 

3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 

4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 

6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 


7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 

8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: 

9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 

° Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:t 

1Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 

2Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 

3 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth 
and heaven.* 

4He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a 
people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. 


149 


Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.” 








* 
147:3 wounds: Heb. griefs t 147:5 his...: Heb. of his understanding there is no number t 147:14 He...: Heb. Who maketh thy 
ct * 
border peace § 147:14 finest...: Heb. fat of wheat 147:19 his word: Heb. his words 148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise: 
* 
Heb. Hallelujah, etc t 148:10 flying...: Heb. birds of wing # 148:13 excellent: Heb. exalted 149:1 Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah 


Psalms 149:2 498 Psalms 150:6 


2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.t 

3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.* 
4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 

5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 


6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;S 

7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 

8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 

9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. 


150 
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.” 
2Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.t 
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.+ 
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. 





* 
t 149:2 in him...: Heb. in his Makers t 149:3 in...: or, with the pipe § 149:6 mouth: Heb. throat 150:1 Praise ye...: Heb. 
Hallelujah i 150:3 trumpet: or, cornet + 150:4 dance: or, pipe 


Proverbs 1:1 499 Proverbs 2:19 


The Proverbs 


1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; ? To know wisdom and instruction; to 
perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, 


and equity;” 4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.t 5 A wise 
man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.* 

7q The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.§ 
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: ° For they shall be 


an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”* 

10 q My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for 
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: !? Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; 
and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our 
houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the 
way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed 
blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.tt 18 And they lay wait for their own 
blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which 
taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 

20q Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:** 21 She crieth in the chief place 
of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How fone: 
ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate 
knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known 
my words unto you. 

24 q Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 261 also will laugh at 
your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 2”? When your fear cometh as desolation, and your 
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they 
call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they 
hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 3° They would none of my counsel: they 
despised all my reproof. 3! Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with 
their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools 
shall destroy them.8§ 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear 
of evil. 


1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; * So that thou incline 
thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, 


and liftest up thy voice for understanding;* 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for 
hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up 
sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths 
of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and 
judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 

10q When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 1! Discretion 
shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, 
from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways 
of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are 
crooked, and they froward 

in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth 
with her words; !” Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return 





* 
1:3 equity: Heb. equities t 1:4 discretion: or, advisement + 1:6 the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech 8 17 the 
a 
beginning: or, the principal part 1:9 an...: Heb. an adding tt 1:17 in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing 


* 
+H 1:20 Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom S$ 1.32 turning...: or, ease of the simple 2:3 liftest...: Heb. givest 
thy voice 


Proverbs 2:20 500 Proverbs 4:12 


again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and 
keep the paths of the righteous. #1 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain 
init. 22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.t 


S) 

1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: ? For length of days, and 
long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.” 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about 
thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding 
in the sight of God and man.t 

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. © In all thy 
ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 

7q Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy 
navel, and marrow to thy bones.*§ 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of 
all thine increase: 1° So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new 
wine. 

11q My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: !2For whom 
the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 


13 q Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.” 1 For the 
merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She 
is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of 
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and 
happy is every one that retaineth her. !>The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding 
hath he established the heavens.tt 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop 
down the dew. 

21q My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they 
be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall 
not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep 
shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 
26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 


27 q Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do 
it.+# 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it 
by thee. 2° Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.S$ 

30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 

314 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways." 32For the froward is abomination 
to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. 

33 q The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: 
but shame shall be the promotion of fools.ttt 


4 

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you 
good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight 
of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my 
commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the 
words of my mouth. © Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8Exalt 
her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She 
shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.” 1° Hear, O my 
son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 111 have taught thee in the way of 
wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when 





* 
t 2:22 rooted: or, plucked up 3:2 long...: Heb. years of life t 3:4 good...: or, good success # 3:8 health: Heb. medicine 
aK 
8 3:8 marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening 3:13 that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding tt 3:19 established: 
RAK 
or, prepared +t 3:27 them...: Heb. the owners thereof §§ 3:29 Devise...: or, Practise no evil 3:31 the oppressor: Heb. a 


* 
man of violence ttt 3:35 shall be...: Heb. exalteth the fools 4:9 acrown...: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory 


Proverbs 4:13 501 Proverbs 6:14 


thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she 
is thy life. 

14q Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by 
it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is 
taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 1” For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine 
of violence. 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the 
perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 

20 q My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 2! Let them not depart from 
thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and 
health to all their flesh.t 

23 q Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.* 24 Put away from thee a 
froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.S 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine 
eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.** 
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. 


1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard 
discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 


3q For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:* 
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps 
take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst 
not know them. 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: ° Lest thou give thine honour 
unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: !°Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be 


in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the 
voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 141 was almost in all evil in 
the midst of the congregation and assembly. 

15 q Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 1°Let thy 
fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and 
not strangers’ with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let 
her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished 
always with her love.*§ 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace 
the bosom of a stranger? 2! For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all 
his goings. 

22 q His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his 
sins.”* 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 


6 
1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art 
snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my 
son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make 


sure thy friend.” 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe 
from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 

6 q Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, 
or ruler, § Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt 
thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 1° Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a 
little folding of the hands to sleep: !! So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as 
an armed man. 

12q A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he 
speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief 





t 4:22 health: Heb. medicine # 4:23 with...: Heb. above all keeping S 4:04 a froward..: Heb. frowardness of mouth and 
aK * 
perverseness of lips 4:26 let...: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright 5:3 mouth: Heb. palate t 5:10 thy wealth: Heb. 
aK 
thy strength + 5:19 satisfy...: Heb. water thee § 5:19 be thou...: Heb. err thou always in her love 5:22 sins: Heb. sin 


6:3 and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend 


Proverbs 6:15 502 Proverbs 8:5 


continually; he soweth discord.t 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be 
broken without remedy. 

16q These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:* 17 A proud look, a 
lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,§ 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet 
that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord 
among brethren. 

20 q My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: #1 Bind them 
continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; 
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the 
commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:** 24To 
keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.'t 25Lust not after 
her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a whorish 
woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.#* 27 Can 
a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet 
not be burned? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be 
innocent. 3° Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 3! But if he be 
found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth 
adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.8§ 33 A wound 
and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a 
man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither 
will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.”"** 


1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and 
live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table 
of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: * That 
they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 

6 q For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple 


ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,” 8 Passing through the street 
near her corner; and he went the way to her house, ? In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and 
dark night:t 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, 
and lieth in wait at every corner.) !3So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said 
unto him,* 141 have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.8 15 Therefore came I forth 
to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. !6I have decked my bed with coverings 
of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 171 have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, 
and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 2° He hath taken a bag of money with 


him, and will come home at the day appointed.**tt 21 with her much fair speech she caused him to 
yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth 
to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;¥* 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as 
a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. 

24q Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. #5 Let not 
thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: 
yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the 
chambers of death. 


1Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high 
places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at 
the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 50 ye 





t 6:14 soweth: Heb. casteth forth # 6:16 unto... Heb. ofhis soul 8 6:17 A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes au 6:23 lamp: or, 
candle tt 6:24 of the...: or, of the strange tongue #4 6:26 the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man’s wife §§ 6:32 
understanding: Heb. heart ov 6:35 He will...: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom - 7:7 the youths: Heb. the sons 
t 7:9 in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days # 7:13 with...: Heb. she strengthened her face and said S 7:14 Thave...: Heb. 


RK 
Peace offerings are upon me 7:20 with...: Heb. in his hand tt 7:20 the day...: or, the new moon a 7:22. straightway: 
Heb. suddenly 


Proverbs 8:6 503 Proverbs 10:2 


simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. ® Hear; for I will speak of 
excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; 
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.” 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there 
is nothing froward or perverse in them.t 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to 
them that find knowledge. 1°Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice 
gold. 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared 
to it. 

12] wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.* 13 The fear of the 
LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, doI hate. !4Counsel 
is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and princes 
decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 171 love them that 
love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable 
riches and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than 
choice silver. 201 lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:§ 21 That I 
may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. 

22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 231 was set up from 
everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought 
forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before 
the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest 
part of the dust of the world.” tt 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass 
upon the face of the depth:## 28 when he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the 
fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his 
commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 3° Then I was by him, as one brought 
up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part 
of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 

32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear 
instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my 
gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour 


of the LORD.SS 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love 
death. 


1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; 


she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.” 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she 
crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that 
wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have 
mingled. ¢ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that reproveth a 
scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 8Reprove 
not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise 
man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. !° The fear of the 
LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. 1! For by me thy 
days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be 
wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 

13 q A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door 
of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15To call passengers who go right on their ways: 
16whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.t 18 But he knoweth not that the dead 
are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. 


10 
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his 
mother. 
2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth 





* 
8:7 an...: Heb. the abomination of my lips t 8:8 froward: Heb. wreathed # 8:12 prudence: or, subtilty 8 8:20 lead: or, walk 
ok 
8:26 fields: or, open places tt 8:26 the highest...: or, the chief part + 8:27 a compass: or, a circle 8§ 8:35 obtain: Heb. 
* 
bring forth 9:2 her beasts: Heb. her killing t 9:17 eaten...: Heb. of secrecies 


Proverbs 10:3 504 Proverbs 11:20 


from death. 3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away 
the substance of the wicked.” 4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the 
diligent maketh rich. > He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is 
a son that causeth shame. © Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth 
of the wicked. 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. The wise in 


heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.f* 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh 
surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. !° He that winketh with the eye causeth 

sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. 1! The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence 
covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 13 In the 
lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void 
of understanding.” 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. 16 The labour 
of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth 
instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.tt 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that 
uttereth a slander, is a fool. 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth 
his lips is wise. 

20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 2! The lips of the 
righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.** 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, 
and he addeth no sorrow with it. 23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding 
hath wisdom. 

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 

27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.8§ 28 The 
hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 

29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 

31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips 


of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness."** 


11 
1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.*t 2 when pride cometh, 
then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: 
but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but 
righteousness delivereth from death. 
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own 


wickedness.* The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in 
their own naughtiness. 7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust 
men perisheth. ® The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 9 An 
hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 

10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is 
shouting. 1! By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the 
wicked. 

12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.§ 
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth 

the matter.”” 4 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is 
safety. 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.tt## 
16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. 17 The merciful man doeth good 
to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: 
but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he 
that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. 2° They that are of a froward heart are abomination to 





a 10:3 the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness t 10:8 a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips + 10:8 fall: Heb. be beaten 
§ 10:10 fall: Heb. be beaten = 10:13 of understanding: Heb. of heart ae 10:17 erreth: or, causeth to err +t 10:21 of 
wisdom: Heb. of heart 88 10:27 prolongeth: Heb. addeth eet 10:32 frowardness: Heb. frowardnesses i 11:1 A false...: 
Heb. Balances of deceit t 11:1 just...: Heb. perfect stone # 11:5 direct: Heb. rectify § 11:12 void...: Heb. destitute of heart 


ok 
11:13 A talebearer: Heb. He that walketh, being a talebearer tt 11:15 smart: Heb. be sore broken +H 11:15 suretiship: Heb. 
those that strike hands 


Proverbs 11:21 505 Proverbs 13:10 


the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 2! Though hand join in hand, the wicked 
shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 2? As a jewel of gold ina 
swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.S$ 23 The desire of the righteous is only 
good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and 
there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made 
fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."** 26 He that withholdeth corn, the people 
shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. 27 He that diligently seeketh 
good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. 28 He that trusteth in his 
riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. 29 He that troubleth his own house shall 
inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. 3° The fruit of the righteous is a 


tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.ttt 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the 
earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. 


1 whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man 
obtaineth 

favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3A man shall not be established 
by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her 
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5 The thoughts of the righteous 
are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. ©The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for 
blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. ’7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but 
the house of the righteous shall stand. 8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he 
that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.” 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he 
that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. 1° A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the 
tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.t 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he 
that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the 
root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.+ 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the 
just shall come out of trouble.§ 14 man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the 
recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. !5 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: 
but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 1° A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man 
covereth 

shame.” 17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 18 There 
is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 19 The lip of truth 
shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 2° Deceit is in the heart of them 
that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. 2! There shall no evil happen to the just: but 
the wicked shall be filled with mischief. 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal 
truly are his delight. 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth 

foolishness. 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.tt 
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. 26 The righteous is 
more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.** 27 The slothful man 
roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. 28 In the 
way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. 


13 
1A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. ? A man shall eat 
good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. 3 He that keepeth 
his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 4 The soul of the 
sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 5 A righteous man 
hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. © Righteousness keepeth him that 


is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.” 7 There is that maketh himself rich, 
yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. The ransom of a man’s life 
are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of 


the wicked shall be put out.t 1° Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. 





RK * 
S88 11:22 is without: Heb. departeth from 11:25 liberal...: Heb. soul of blessing tit 11:30 winneth: Heb. taketh 12:8 
of a...: Heb. perverse of heart t 12:10 tender...: or, bowels t 12:12 the net: or, the fortress § 12:13 The wicked...: Heb. The 
kK 
snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips 12:16 presently: Heb. in that day tt 12:24 slothful: or, deceitful +t 12:26 


* 
excellent: or, abundant 13:6 the sinner: Heb. sin t 13:9 lamp: or, candle 


Proverbs 13:11 506 Proverbs 15:4 


11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.* 12 Hope 
deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 13 Whoso despiseth the 
word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.§ 1 The law of the 
wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 15 Good understanding giveth favour: but 
the way of transgressors is hard. 1° Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open 


his folly.”* 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador ishealth.1t 18Poverty 
and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 
19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. 


20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.* 21 Evil 
pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to 
his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 23 Much food is in the tillage 
of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his 
son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his 
soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want. 


1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. ? He that 
walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 3 In the 
mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4 Where no oxen 
are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. > A faithful witness will not lie: 
but a false witness will utter lies. ©A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy 
unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in 
him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools 
is deceit. 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. 19 The heart knoweth his 


own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.” 1! The house of the wicked shall 
be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 14 There is a way which seemeth right 
unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and 
the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and 
a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 5 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man 
looketh well to his going. 1° A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is 
confident. 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. 18 The simple 
inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 19 The evil bow before the good; and the 
wicked at the gates of the righteous. 2° The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath 


many friends,t 21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy 
is he. 22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. 23 In all 
labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 24 The crown of the wise is their 
riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. 25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness 
speaketh lies. 

26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. 2” The 
fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 28 In the multitude of people is 
the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. 29 He that is slow to wrath 
is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.* 3° A sound heart is the life of the 
flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 3! He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth 

his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 32 The wicked is driven away in 
his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that 
hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. 34 Righteousness exalteth 
a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.§ 35 The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his 
wrath is against him that causeth shame. 


15 
1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth 


knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.” 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every 
place, beholding the evil and the good. 4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein 





t 13:11 by labour: Heb. with the hand S 13:13 shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace oe 13:16 layeth...: Heb. spreadeth 
tt 13:17 a faithful...: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness #4 13:20 destroyed: Heb. broken . 14:10 his own...: Heb. the 
bitterness ofhis soul T 14:20 the rich...: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich # 14:29 hasty...: Heb. short of spirit S 14:34 to 
any...: Heb. to nations . 15:2 poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth 


Proverbs 15:5 507 Proverbs 16:22 


is a breach in the spirit.t 5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is 
prudent. °In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. 
7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. 8 The sacrifice of 
the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. ° The way of 
the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. 
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.* 1 Hell 
and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? 12A 
scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. 13 A merry heart maketh 
a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. !4The heart of him that hath 
understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 15 All the days of the 
afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. 

16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a 
dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 18 A wrathful man stirreth up 
strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of 
thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.§ 2° A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish 
man despiseth his mother. 2! Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding 
walketh 

uprightly.** 22 without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they 
are established. 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how 
good is it!tt 24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 2>The LORD 
will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. 2 The thoughts of 
the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.*# 27 He that is 
greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. 28 The heart of the righteous 
studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 2? The LORD is far from the 
wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 3° The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a 
good report maketh the bones fat. 3! The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth 

his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 88***T1T 33 The fear of the LORD 
is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. 


16 

1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.” 2 All the 
ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto 
the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.t 4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: 
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.* © By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and 
by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even 
his enemies to be at peace with him. 8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without 
right. 9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. !° A divine sentence is in the 
lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth 

not in judgment.$ 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are 
his work.** 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by 
righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. 

14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the 
king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. © How much better is it to get 
wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 17 The highway of the 
upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth 

his soul. 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better it is to be of 
an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. 2°He that handleth a matter 
wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.tt 21 The wise in heart shall be 
called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. 24 Understanding is a wellspring of 





t 15:4 A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue + 15:10 Correction: or, Instruction § 15:19 is made...: Heb. is raised up 
as a causey es 15:21 destitute...: Heb. void of heart A 15:23 due...: Heb. his season + 15:26 pleasant...: Heb. words of 
pleasantness S88 15.32 instruction: or, correction es 15:32 heareth: or, obeyeth tit 15:32 getteth...: Heb. possesseth an 
heart + 16:1 preparations: or, disposings t 16:3 Commit: Heb. Roll t 16:5 unpunished: Heb. held innocent § 6:10 A 
divine...: Heb. Divination ms 16:11 the weights: Heb. the stones tt 16:20 handleth...: or, understandeth a matter 


Proverbs 16:23 508 Proverbs 18:4 


life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his 


mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.** 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, 
and health to the bones. 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the 
ways of death, 26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.$8*** 

27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.ttt 28 A froward man 
soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.+#* 

29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 3°He shutteth 
his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 3! The hoary head is a crown 
of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; 
and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 35 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole 
disposing thereof is of the LORD. 


17 
1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.” 2A 
wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance 
among the brethren. 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the 
hearts. 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 5 Whoso 


mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.t 
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. 7 Excellent 


speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.*8§ 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the 


eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.”” 9 He that covereth a transgression 
seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth 

very friends.tt 10 4 reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes 

into a fool.+* 1 An evil man seeketh 

only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12 Let a bear robbed of her 
whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not 
depart from his house. !4 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave 
off contention, before it be meddled with. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth 
the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. !© Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a 
fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born 
for adversity. 18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence 
of his friend.S8 19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh 
destruction. 2° He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue 
falleth into mischief.*** 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath 
no joy. 22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.tTt 23 4 wicked 
man taketh 

a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 Wisdom is before him that hath 
understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish son is a grief to his 
father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes 
for equity. 

27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.*## 


28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a 
man of understanding. 


18 
1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.” 
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. 3 When the wicked 
cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4 The words of a man’s mouth are 





+H 16:23 teacheth: Heb. maketh wise 88 16:26 He... Heb. The soul of him that gill 16:26 craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him 
ttt 16:27 An...: Heb. A man of Belial Ht 16:28 soweth: Heb. sendeth forth iy 17:1 sacrifices: or, good cheer t 17:5 
unpunished: Heb. held innocent # 17:7 Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency 8 in7 lying...: Heb. a lip of lying a 17:8 a 
precious...: Heb. a stone of grace tt 17:9 seeketh: or, procureth #4 17:10 entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike 
afoolan hundred times 88 17:18 understanding: Heb. heart ane 17:20 He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart 


* 
ttt 17:22 like: or, to £44 17:27 an...: or, a cool 18:1 Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, 
and intermeddleth in every business 


Proverbs 18:5 509 Proverbs 19:29 


as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 5 It is not good to accept the person 
of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. 

6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool’s mouth is his 
destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. § The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they 
go down into the innermost parts of the belly.t#§ 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him 
that is a great waster. 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and 
is safe.** 11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. 12 Before 
destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 13 He that answereth a matter 
before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.*t 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; 
but a wounded spirit who can bear? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the 
wise seeketh knowledge. !© A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. 
17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. 18 The 
lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. 19 A brother offended is harder to be 
won than a strong city: and their contentions 

are like the bars of a castle. 2° A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with 
the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that 
love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour 
of the LORD. 23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. 24 A man that hath friends 
must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 


19 
1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. 4 Wealth maketh 
many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. ° A false witness shall not be unpunished, 


and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.” 


6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man isa friend to him that giveth gifts.t 7 All 
the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth 
them with words, yet they are wanting to him. ® He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that 
keepeth understanding shall find good.* 9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh 
lies shall perish. !° Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. 
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.S 12The 
king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 13 A foolish son is the 
calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. !4 House and riches are 
the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. 15 Slothfulness casteth into a dee 
sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hangen 16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; 
but he that despiseth his ways shall die. 1” He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; 
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.** 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let 
not thy soul spare for his crying.tt 19.4 man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver 
him, yet thou must do it again.** 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in 
thy latter end. 2! There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that 
shall stand. 22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. 23 The fear of 
the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. #4A 
slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 25 Smite a 
scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand 
knowledge.8§ 26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, 
and bringeth reproach. 2” Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of 
knowledge. 78 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth 


iniquity.*** 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. 





t 18:8 talebearer: or, whisperer t 18:8 as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded § 18:8 innermost...: Heb. chambers 

: 18:10 safe: Heb. set aloft tt 18:13 answereth...: Heb. returneth a word . 19:5 unpunished: Heb. held innocent t 19:6 
him...: Heb. a man of gifts # 19:8 wisdom: Heb. an heart 8 19:11 discretion: or, prudence ” 19:17 that which...: or, his deed 
tt 19:18 for...: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die +f 19:19 do: Heb. add §§ 19:25 will beware: Heb. will be cunning 


RK 
19:28 An...: Heb. A witness of Belial 


Proverbs 20:1 510 Proverbs 21:20 


20 

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear 
of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 3It is an 
honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. 4The sluggard will not plow by 
reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.” > Counsel in the heart of man 
is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Most men will proclaim every one his 
own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?t 7 The just man walketh 

in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment 
scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, lam pure from my sin? 
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.*§ “Even a 
child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12 The hearing ear, and 
the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; 
open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but 
when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 1 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of 
knowledge are a precious jewel. 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of 
him for a strange woman. !” Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled 
with gravel.** 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. 19 He that 
goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his 
lips.tt 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.*# 21 An 
inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 Say not 
thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights are an 
abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.8§ 24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how 
can aman then understand his own way? 25It isa snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and 
after vows to make enquiry. 2° A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.*** 28 Mercy 
and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. 29 The glory of young men is their 
strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. 3° The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: 
so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.ttt 


21 

1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he 
will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 3 To do justice 
and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 4 An high look, and a proud heart, and 
the plowing of the wicked, is sin.*t 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of 
every one that is hasty only to want. © The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to 
and fro of them that seek death. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse 
to do judgment.* 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. 9 It is 
better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.8** 19 The 
soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.tt 11 when the scorner is 
punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12 The 
righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their 
wickedness. 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not 
be heard. 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. 15 It is joy to the 
just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 1© The man that wandereth out 
of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. 17 He that loveth pleasure 
shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.+¥ 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for 
the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with 
a contentious and an angry woman.S§ 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the 





i 20:4 cold: or, winter t 20:6 goodness: or, bounty t 20:10 Divers weights: Heb. A stone anda stone § 20:10 divers measures: 
Heb. an ephah and an ephah 20:17 deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood tt 20:19 flattereth: or, enticeth +t 20:20 lamp: 
or, candle §§ 20:23 a false...: Heb. balance of deceit foe 20:27 candle: or, lamp ttt 20:30 cleanseth...: Heb. is a purging 
medicine against 7 21:4 An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes t 21:4 the plowing: or, the light t 21:7 destroy...: Heb. saw them, 
or, dwell with them 8 21:9 a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions 21:9 a wide...: Heb. an house of society tt 21:10 


findeth...: Heb. is not favoured + 21:17 pleasure: or, sport 8§ 21:19 in...: Heb. in the land of the desert 


Proverbs 21:21 511 Proverbs 23:3 


wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, 
righteousness, and honour. 72 A wise man scaleth 

the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 23 Whoso keepeth 
his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. 24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, 
who dealeth in proud wrath.*** 

25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all 
the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: 
how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?ttt 28 A false witness shall perish: but the 
man that heareth speaketh constantly.+## 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, 
he directeth his way.88§ 

30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. 3! The horse is prepared 

against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.” 


22 

1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.” 
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. 3A prudent man foreseeth 

the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4 By humility and the fear of 
the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.t 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that 
doth keep his soul shall be far from them. © Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is 
old, he will not depart from it.*§ 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the 
lender.” 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.1t 9 He that 
hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.*# 19 Cast out the scorner, 
and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. ! He that loveth pureness of heart, 
for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.8§ 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and 
he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. "13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I 
shall be slain in the streets. 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the 
LORD shall fall therein. 45 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall 
drive it far from him. 1¢ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the 
rich, shall surely come to want. 

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.ttt 
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.+## 20 Have 
not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the 
certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto 
thee?S8S 

22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD 
will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou 
learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. ?7 If thou hast 
nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, 
which thy fathers have set.” 2° Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; 
he shall not stand before mean men.t 


1 when thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to 
thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful 
meat. 





‘i 21:24 in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride ttt 21:27 with...: Heb. in wickedness? +t 21:28 A...: Heb. A witness of lies 
§8§ 21:29 directeth: or, considereth - 21:31 safety: or, victory is 22:1 loving...: or, favour is better than, etc t 22:4 By...! or, 
The reward of humility, etc t 22:6 Train...: or, Catechise S 99:6 in..: Heb. in his way so 22:7 the lender: Heb. the man that 
lendeth TT 22:8 the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed + 22:9 He that...: Heb. Good of eye 88 99:11 
for...: or, and hath grace in his lips ae 22:12 the words: or, the matters Tit 22:18 within...: Heb. in thy belly Ht 22:19 


* 
even...: or, trust thou also §8§ 22:21 to them...: or, to those that send thee? 22:28 landmark: or, bound t 22:29 mean...: 
Heb. obscure men 


Proverbs 23:4 512 Proverbs 24:16 


4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. * Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is 


not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.” 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as 
he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. The 
morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. ° Speak not in the ears of 
a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 

10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:t 11 For their redeemer 
is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. 

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not 
correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat 
him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall 
rejoice, even mine.* 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. !8 For surely 
there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.8 

19 Hear thou, my son, brace wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 2° Be not among winebibbers; 
among riotous eaters of flesh:** 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and 
drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise 
not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and 
understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child 
shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 2’ For a whore is a deep ditch; and 
a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors 
among men. tt 

29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds 
without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 3° They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek 
mixed wine. 3! Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when 
it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.#* 33 Thine eyes 
shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that 
lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.8§ 35 They have stricken 
me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will 


seek it yet again.” * 


24 
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. ? For their heart studieth 
destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. 
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge 
shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of 
knowledge increaseth 


strength.*t © For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is 
safety. 

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do 
evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an 
abomination to men. 1° if thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.* 

11 ]f thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12 If 
thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider 

it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according 
to his works? 

13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:8 14 So 
shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, 
and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 

15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 1° For 
a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 





* 
23:5 set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon t 23:10 landmark: or, bound t 23:15 even...: or, even I will rejoice S 23:18 end: 
KK 
or, reward 23:20 of flesh: Heb. of their flesh ai 23:28 as for...: or, as a robber + 23:32 an...: or, a cockatrice §§ 23:34 
RK * 
the midst...: Heb. the heart of the sea 23:35 I felt...: Heb. I knew it not 24:5 is strong: Heb. is in strength t 24:5 


increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might # 24:10 small: Heb. narrow 8 24:13 to...: Heb. upon thy palate 


Proverbs 24:17 513 Proverbs 25:28 


17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest 
the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.** 

19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;tt 2° For there shall be 
no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.++ 

21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:8§ 
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 

23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He 
that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.”** 26 Every 
man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.ttt 27 prepare thy work without, and make it fit for 
thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. 

28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. 29 Say not, I 
will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. 

30] went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 3! And, lo, 
it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof 
was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.*#* 
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as 
one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.88§ 


1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The 


heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.* 
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away 
the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 


6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:t 7 For 
better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the 
presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. 

8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour 
hath put thee to shame. ? Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to 
another:* 10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. 

11 4 word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.8 12 As an earring of gold, and an 
ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. 13 As the cold of snow in the time 
of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. 
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.** 15 By long forbearing 
is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much 
as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy 
neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.tt## 18 4 man that beareth false witness 
against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in 
time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold 
weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 

211f thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 2? For 
thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. 23 The north wind driveth 
away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.8§ 24 It is better to dwell in the corner 
of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, 
so is good news from a far country. 2° A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled 
fountain, anda corrupt spring. 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory 
is not glory. 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without 
walls. 





“ 24:18 it displease...: Heb. it be evil in his eyes tt 24:19 Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked +4 24:20 candle: or, 
lamp S§ 94:21 them...: Heb. changers a, 24:25 a good...: Heb. a blessing of good Tt 24:26 that...: Heb. that answereth 
right words Ht 24:32 considered...: Heb. set my heart S88 94:34 an..: Heb. aman of shield - 25:3 is...: Heb. there is no 
searching ip 25:6 Put...: Heb. Set not out thy glory t 25:9 a secret...: or, the secret of § 95:11 fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his 
wheels es, 25:14 of a...: Heb. ina gift of falsehood tt 25:17 Withdraw...: or, Let thy foot be seldom in a 25:17 weary...: Heb. 
fullofthee 88 25:23 driveth... or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance 


Proverbs 26:1 514 Proverbs 27:18 


26 

1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. 2 As the bird by 
wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a 
bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. 

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according 
to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.” 

6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.t 7 The 
legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.* 8 As he that bindeth a stone in 
a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.§ 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is 
a parable in the mouth of fools. !°The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and 
rewardeth transgressors.” 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.tt 12 seest 
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 13 The slothful man saith, 
There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. !4 As the door turneth 

upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it 
grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.** 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven 
men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is 
like one that taketh a dog by the ears.8§ 

18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,**” 19 So is the man that deceiveth his 
neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? 

20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife 
ceaseth, tT t###888 21 45 coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle 
strife. 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the 


belly.* 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 

24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;t 25 when he speaketh 
fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.* 26 Whose hatred is covered by 
deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.S 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall 


fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are 
afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. 


27 
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” 2 Let another 
man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.t 4 Wrath is 
cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?#8 
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. © Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an 
enemy are deceitful.** 7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing 


is sweet.tt 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty 
counsel.## 10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s 
house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 1! My 
son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 A prudent man 
foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. !3 Take his garment 
that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14 He that blesseth his 
friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 

15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 1 Whosoever hideth 
her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. 1” Iron sharpeneth 
iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the 





. 26:5 conceit: Heb. eyes t 26:6 damage: or, violence t 26:7 are...: Heb. are lifted up 8 26:8 bindeth...: or, putteth a precious 
stone in an heap of stones 26:10 The great...: or, A great man grieveth all, and he hireth the fool, he hireth also transgressors 
tt 26:11 returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly +H 26:15 it grieveth...: or, he is weary 88 96:17 meddleth: or, is enraged 
me 26:18 firebrands: Heb. flames, or, sparks ttt 26:20 Where no...: Heb. Without wood $44 26:20 talebearer: or, whisperer 
S88 96:20 ceaseth: Heb. is silent . 26:22 innermost...: Heb. chambers t 26:24 dissembleth: or, is known ¥ 26.25 speaketh...: 
Heb. maketh his voice gracious § 26:26 by...: or, in secret - 27:1 to...: Heb. to morrow day t 27:3 heavy: Heb. heaviness 
+ 27:4 Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing § 27:4 envy: or, jealousy? = 27:6 deceitful: or, earnest, or, 
frequent tt 27:7 loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot + 27:9 by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul 


Proverbs 27:19 515 Proverbs 29:8 


fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face answereth to 
face, so the heart of man to man. 2° Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never 
satisfied.S§ 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. 22 Though 
thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart 
from him. 

23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.*** 24 For riches are not 
for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? ttt### 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender 
grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and 
the goats are the price of the field. 2” And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food 
of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.S§$§ 


28 

1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. ? For the transgression 
of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof 
shall be prolonged.” 3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no 
food.t 4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. 
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. ° Better is the 
poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. 7 Whoso 
keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.* 8 He that 
by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 
9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. 1° Whoso 
causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright 
shall have good things in possession. 1! The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath 
understanding searcheth him out."* 12 when righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when 
the wicked rise, a man is hidden.*t 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth 
and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth 
his heart shall fall into mischief. 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the 
poor people. 1° The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth 
covetousness shall prolong his days. 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee 
to the pit; let no man stay him. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in 
his ways shall fall at once. 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth 
after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 2° A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that 
maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.*# 21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a 
piece of bread that man will transgress. 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth 
not that poverty shall come upon him.88 23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour 
than he that flattereth with the tongue. 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no 
transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer."** 25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up 
strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. 26 He that trusteth in his own heart 
is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 2” He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: 
but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: 
but when they perish, the righteous increase. 


1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without 
remedy.” 2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, 
the people mourn. t 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with 
harlots spendeth his substance. 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth 
gifts overthroweth it.t 5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 6In the 
transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. 7 The righteous 
considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 8 Scornful men bring a city 





88 47:20 never: Heb. not a 27:23 look...: Heb. set thy heart tit 27:24 riches: Heb. strength Ht 27:24 to...: Heb. to 
generation and generation? §8§ 27:27 maintenance: Heb. life i 28:2 by...: or, by men of understanding and wisdom shall they 
likewise be prolonged t 28:3 which...: Heb. without food # 28:7 is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons § 28:8 unjust...: Heb. 
by increase ie! 28:11 own...: Heb. eyes tt 28:12 hidden: or, sought for + 28:20 innocent: or, unpunished 88 98:09 
hasteth...: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich se 28:24 a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying 7 29:1 He...: Heb. A man of 


reproofs t 29:2 in...: or, increased # 29:4 he...: Heb. a man of oblations 


Proverbs 29:9 516 Proverbs 30:26 


into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.8 9 Ifa wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether 


he rage or laugh, there is no rest. 19 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.** 1A 
fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. 12If aruler hearken to lies, all his 
servants are wicked. 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their 
eyes.'T 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 15 The 
rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. !¢ When the 
wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. 17 Correct thy 
son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 18 Where there is no vision, the 
people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.** 19 A servant will not be corrected by words: 
for though he understand he will not answer. 2° Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is 
more hope of a fool than of him.8§ 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have 
him become his son at the length. 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth 
in transgression. 23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 
24wWhoso is partner with a thief hateth 

his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but 
whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.*** 26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s 


judgment cometh from the LORD.ttT 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is 
upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. 


1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel 
and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 31 
neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.” 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or 
descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who 
hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst 
tell? 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.t 6 Add thou not 
unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 

7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:* 8 Remove far from me vanity 
and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:8 ° Lest I be full, 
and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in 

2 kK 
vain. 

10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.tT 11 There is a 
generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are 
pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty 
are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and 
their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. 

15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never 
satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:** 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that 
is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, 
and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall 
eat it.8§ 

18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of 
an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the 
way of a man with a maid.*”” 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her 
mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 2! For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four 
which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; 23 For 
an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 

24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:ttt 25 The ants 
are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, 





§ 29:8 bring...: or, set a city on fire oe 29:10 The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood tt 29:13 the deceitful...: or, the usurer 
+H 29:18 perish: or, is made naked 88 49:20 words: or, matters? ae 29:25 safe: Heb. set on high Tit 29:26 the ruler’s...: 
Heb. the face of a ruler > 30:3 have: Heb. know t 30:5 pure: Heb. purified + 30:7 deny...: Heb. withhold not from me 
§ 30:8 convenient... Heb. of my allowance om 30:9 deny...: Heb. belie thee tt 30:10 Accuse...: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue 


RK 
+ 30:15 Itis..: Heb. Wealth 88 30:17 the valley: or, the brook 30:19 midst: Heb. heart Tit 30:24 exceeding...: Heb. 
wise, made wise 


Proverbs 30:27 517 Proverbs 31:31 


yet make they their houses in the rocks; 2” The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by 
bands;*## 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces. 

29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: 3° A lion which is strongest 
among beasts, and turneth not away for any; 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; anda king, against whom 
there is no rising up.88§ 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, 
lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing 
of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. 


31 

1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, 
the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy 
ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; 
nor for princes strong drink: > Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of 
the afflicted." 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of 
heavy hearts.* 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. 8 Open thy 
mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge 
righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. 

10 q Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 1! The heart of her husband 
doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil 
all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is 
like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar. !5 She riseth also while it is yet night, and 
giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth 
it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”* 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and 
strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out 
by night.tt 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 2° She stretcheth 
out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.** 21 She is not afraid of 
the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.88 22 She maketh herself 
coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he 
sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles 
unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She looketh well 
to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call 
her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 2? Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou 
excellest them all.*** 30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she 
shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. 





* 
+44 30:27 by...: Heb. gathered together §8§ 30:31 greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins 31:5 pervert: Heb. alter 
t 31:5 of any...: Heb. of all the sons of affliction t 31:6 of..2 Heb. bitter ofsoul 8 31:8 such...: Heb. the sons of destruction 

ok 
31:16 buyeth: Heb. taketh tt 31:18 She...: Heb. She tasteth + 31:20 She...: Heb. She spreadeth §§ 31:21 scarlet: or, 


BRK 
double garments 31:29 have...: or, have gotten riches 


Ecclesiastes 1:1 518 Ecclesiastes 2:16 


Ecclesiastes or, the Preacher 


1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. * Vanity of vanities, saith the 
Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh 
under the sun? 

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. >The 
sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.” ©The wind goeth 
toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind 
returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto 


the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.* 8 All things are full of labour; man 
cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be 
done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 1° Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this 
is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. !1 There is no remembrance of former 
things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come 
after. 

12q I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. !3 And I gave my heart to seek and search out 
by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the 
sons of man to be exercised therewith.* 11 have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, 
behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that 
which is wanting cannot be numbered.§ 161 communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, lam come to 
great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, 
my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.** 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, 
and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom 


is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth 
sorrow. 


1] said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, 
this also is vanity. 21 said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 31 sought in mine heart to 
give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see 
what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their 
life.*t 4] made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: 5I made me gardens and 
orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: ©1 made me pools of water, to water therewith 
the wood that bringeth forth trees: 71 got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; 
also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:* 81 
gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men 
singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all 
sorts.§ 9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom 
remained with me. !° And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart 
from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 1! Then 
T looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, 
behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 

12q And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that 
cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.”** 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth 
folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.tt 14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in 
darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said 1 in my heart, 
As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in 
my heart, that this also is vanity.*¥ 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for 





. 1:5 hasteth: Heb. panteth t 1:7 return...: Heb. return to go # 1:13 to be...: or, to afflict them § 1:15 that which is wanting: 
Heb. defect a 1:16 had...: Heb. had seen much ut 2:3 to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine t 2:3 all...: Heb, the number 
of the days of their life t 2:7 servants born...: Heb. sons of my house § 28 musical..: Heb. musical instrument and instruments 

2:12 even...: or, in those things which have been already done tt 2:13 that...: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more 


than in folly, etc +H 2:15 happeneth even...: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me 


Ecclesiastes 2:17 519 Ecclesiastes 4:2 


ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? 
as the fool. 

17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all 
is vanity and vexation of spirit. 

18 q Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the 
man that shall be after me.8§ 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he 
have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under 
the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour 
which I took under the sun. 2! For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in 
equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity 
and a great evil.*** 22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he 
hath laboured under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh 
not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 

24 q There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make 
his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.tTt 25 For who can 
eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? 26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight 
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he 
may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.+#+ 


3 


1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, 
and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;* 3A time to kill, and a 
time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time 
to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a 
time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing:t © A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to 
keep, and a time to cast away;* 7A time to rend, anda time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to 
speak; § A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit hath he that 
worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 1°I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of 
men to be exercised in it. 

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that 
no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 121 know that there is 
no good in them, but for aman to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should 
eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. !41 know that, whatsoever God 
doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that 
men should fear before him. !5 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; 
and God requireth that which is past.§ 

16 q And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the 
place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 171 said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous 
and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 181 said in mine heart 
concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that 
they themselves are beasts."* 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one 
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man 
hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 2° All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and 
all turn to dust again. 2! Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast 
that goeth downward to the earth?tt## 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that 
aman should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall 
be after him? 


1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the 
tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there 


was power; but they had no comforter.” 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more 





88 9:18 taken: Heb. laboured ne 2:21 leave: Heb. give tt 2:24 should make...: or, delight his senses Ht 2:26 in his...: 
Heb. before him si 3:2 to be...: Heb. to bear t 3:5 to refrain from: Heb. to be far from t 3:6 get: or, seek 8 3:15 that 
which is past: Heb. that which is driven away = 3:18 that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc rf 3:21 of man: 
Heb. of the sons of man + 3:21 goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc 7 4:1 side: Heb. hand 


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than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who 
hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 

4q Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. 
This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.t* 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own 
flesh. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 

7q Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. ® There is one alone, and there is not a second; 
yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied 
with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, 
yea, it is a sore travail. 

9 q Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 1° For if they fall, the 
one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help 
him up. !! Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? !? And if 
one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 

13 Better is a poor anda wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.8 
14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 151 
considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his 
stead. 16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come 
after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. 


1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the 
sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine 
heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let 


thy words be few.” 3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known 
by multitude of words. 

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that 
which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and 
not pay. © Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was 
an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in 
the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. 

8 q If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a 
province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher 
than they.t 

9 q Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 1° He that loveth 
silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, 
saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat 
little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil which 
IT have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. !4But those riches 
perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 15 As he came forth of 
his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which 
he may carry away in his hand. ¢ And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he 
go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 1’ All his days also he eateth in darkness, 
and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 

18 q Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the 
good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for 


it is his portion.*§ 19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him 
power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. 2° For 
he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth 


him in the joy of his heart.** 


1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom 
God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he 





t 4:4 every...: Heb, all the rightness of work t 4:4 for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour $ 4:13 who..: 
* 
Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished 5:2 thing: or, word t 5:8 at the...: Heb. at the will, or, purpose t 5:18 it is good...: 


ct 
Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc § 5:18 all the days: Heb. the number of the days 5:20 For...: or, Though he give not 
much, yet he remembereth, etc 


Ecclesiastes 6:3 521 Ecclesiastes 7:27 


desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it 
is an evil disease. 

3q If aman beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and 
his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better 
than he. 4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered 
with darkness. 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the 
other. 

6 q Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one 
place? 

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.* 8 For what hath the wise 
more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 

9 q Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation 
of spirit.t 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he 
contend with him that is mightier than he. 

11 q Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? !2 For who knoweth 
what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who 


can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?# 


1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. 
2q It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end 
of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness 


of the countenance the heart is made better.” 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but 
the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man 
to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this 
also is vanity.t 

7q Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end 
of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. ° Be 
not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 1° Say not thou, What is the 
cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.* 

11 q Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.8 12 For 
wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth 
life to them that have it."* 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath 
made crooked? "In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also 
hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.tt 15 All 
things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and 
there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 16 Be not righteous over much; neither 
make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?#* 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be 
thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?8§ 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of 
this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. 
19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 2° For there is not 
a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are 
spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:"* 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that 
thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 

23 q All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 4 That which is 
far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 251 applied mine heart to know, and to search, and 
to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness 
and madness:ttt 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, 
and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by 
her.### 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:8§§ 





. 6:7 appetite: Heb. soul t 6:9 than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul t 6:12 all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life 
of his vanity e 7:3 Sorrow: or, Anger t 7:6 crackling: Heb. sound # 7:10 wisely: Heb. out of wisdom 8 a1 good...: or, 
as good as an inheritance, yea, better too 7a 7:12 defence: Heb. shadow tt 7:14 set: Heb. made +4 7:16 destroy...: Heb. 
be desolate? §§ 7:17 before...: Heb. not in thy time? ais 7:21 take...: Heb. give not thine heart ttt 7:25 Lapplied...: Heb. 


land mine heart compassed Ht 7:26 whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God 888 7.27 counting...: or, weighing one thing 
after another, to find out the reason 


Ecclesiastes 7:28 522 Ecclesiastes 9:12 


28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman 
among all those have I not found. 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but 
they have sought out many inventions. 


1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh 


his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.” 21 counsel thee to keep the king’s 
commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in 
an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and 
who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: 
and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.t 

6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon 
him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?* 8 There is no 
man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and 
there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.8 

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a 
time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. !° And so I saw the wicked buried, who 
had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so 
done: this is also vanity. 1! Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore 
the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 

12q Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it 
shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, 
neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. 

14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth 
according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to 
the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man 
hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with 
him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 

16q When | applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: 
(for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 17 Then I beheld all the work of 
God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to 
seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be 
able to find it. 


1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and 


their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.” 
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to 
the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, 
so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This is an evil among all things that 
are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of 
evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 

4q For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more 
a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. © Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is 
now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 

7q Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth 
thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. ° Live joyfully with 
the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the 
sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest 
under the sun.t 19 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor 
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

11q | returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, 
neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; 
but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that 





. 8:1 the boldness: Heb. the strength t 8:5 shall...: Heb. shall know t 8:7 when...: or, how it shall be? § 8:8 discharge: or, 


* 
casting off weapons 9:1 I considered...: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart t 9:9 Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life 


Ecclesiastes 9:13 523 Ecclesiastes 11:9 


are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in 
an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. 

13q This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14 There was a little city, 
and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks 
against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet 
no man remembered that same poor man. !¢Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless 
the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in 
quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but 
one sinner destroyeth much good. 


1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly 


him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.” 2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s 
heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he 
saith to every one that he is a fool.t 

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great 
offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the 
ruler:* 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.§ 71 have seen servants upon horses, 
and princes walking 

as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, 
a serpent shall bite him. 9? Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood 
shall be endangered thereby. 1°If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to 
more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. !! Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; 
and a babbler is no better.” 

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.tt 
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous 
madness.*# 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after 
him, who can tell him?8$ 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth 
not how to go to the city. 

16 q Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17 Blessed art 
thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and 
not for drunkenness! 

18 q By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house 
droppeth through. 


19q A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things." 
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird 


of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.t tt 
11 


1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” 2 Give a portion to seven, 
and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3If the clouds be full of rain, 
they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in 
the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he 
that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how 
the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God 
who maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou 
knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.t 

7q Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 8 But if a man live 
many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. 
All that cometh is vanity. 

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and 
walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things 





% 10:1 Dead...: Heb. Flies of death 10:3 his...: Heb. his heart # 10:5 from: Heb. from before 8 10:6 in great...: Heb. in great 
heights si 10:11 a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue tt 10:12 gracious: Heb. grace + 10:13 his talk: Heb. his mouth 
8§ 10:14 is full...: Heb. multiplieth words — 10:19 maketh...: Heb. maketh glad the life ay 10:20 thought: or, conscience 
. 11:1 upon...: Heb. upon the face of the waters t 11:6 shall prosper: Heb. shall be right 


Ecclesiastes 11:10 524 Ecclesiastes 12:14 


God will bring thee into judgment. 1° Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from 
thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.* 


1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years 
draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, 
or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of 
the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because 
they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,” 4 And the doors shall be shut in 
the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all 
the daughters of musick shall be brought low; 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and 
fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and 
desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: © Or ever 
the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or 
the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall 
return unto God who gave it. 

8 q Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 9 And moreover, because the preacher was 
wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order 
many proverbs.t 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was 
upright, even words of truth.* 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters 
of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of 
making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.S 

13 q Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this 
is the whole duty of man.”* For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, 
whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 





* 
# 11:10 sorrow: or, anger 12:3 the grinders...: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little t 12:9 moreover...: or, the more 


KK 
wise the preacher was, etc t 12:10 acceptable...: Heb. words of delight S yon study: or, reading 12:13 Let...: or, The end 
of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is 


Song of Solomon 1:1 525 Song of Solomon 3:4 


The Song of Solomon 


1 The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. 

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.” 3 Because of the 
savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 
4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and 
rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. 51 am black, but 
comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. ® Look not upon 
me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with 
me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 

7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at 
noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?* 

8 q If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and 
feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents. 91 have compared thee, 0 my love, to a company of horses 
in Pharaoh’s chariots. !°Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11 We 
will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 

12. q While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of 
myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me 
as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.8 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art 
fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.”* 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 
17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.tT 


1] am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among 
the daughters. 

3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under 
his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." 4He brought me to the banqueting 
house, and his banner over me was love.* 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick 
of love.8 © His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 71 charge you, O ye 
daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my 
love, till he please.** 

8 q The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the 
hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth 
at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.tt 19 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise 
up, my love, my fair one, and come away. " For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; !2 The 
flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard 
in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good 
smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 

14q O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy 
countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us 
the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. 

16 q My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 1” Until the day break, and the 
shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of 
Bether.#+ 


1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 21 will 
rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul 
loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom 
I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him 





- 1:2 thy...: Heb. thy loves t 1:4 the upright...: or, they love thee uprightly + 1:7 as one...: or, as one that is veiled § 1:14 

camphire: or, cypress i 1:15 my love: or, my companion 1:17 rafters: or, galleries J 2:3 I sat...: Heb. I delighted and 

sat down, etc t 2:3 taste: Heb. palate # 2:4 banqueting...: Heb. house of wine S 95 comfort... Heb. straw me with apples 
. 2:7 I charge...: Heb. I adjure you tt 2:9 shewing...: Heb. flourishing +t 2:17 of Bether: or, of division 


Song of Solomon 3:5 526 Song of Solomon 5:10 


whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s 
house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. >I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by 
the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. 

6 ¢ Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and 
frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? 

7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. 
8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear 
in the night. 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.” 19 He made the pillars 
thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved 
with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon 
with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the 
gladness of his heart. 


4 

1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair 
is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.” 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even 
shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among 
them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a 
pomegranate within thy locks. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon 
there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes 
that are twins, which feed among the lilies. © Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get 
me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.t 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no 
spot in thee. 

8q Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, 
from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards. Thou 
hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with 
one chain of thy neck.* 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than 
wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 1! Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: 
honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. !2.A 
garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 8** 13 Thy plants are an 
orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,tt 14 Spikenard and saffron; 
calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 

16 q Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may 
flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 


5 

1T am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have 
eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, 
drink abundantly, 0 beloved.* 

2q I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my 
sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of 
the night. 31 have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 
4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 51 rose up 
to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, 
upon the handles of the lock.* 61 opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and 
was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he 
gave me no answer. ? The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded 
me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 81 charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye 
find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.8 

9 q What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved 
more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 1° My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest 





* * 
3:9 achariot: or, a bed 4:1 that...: or, that eat of, etc t 4:6 break: Heb. breathe t 4:9 ravished: or, taken away § 4:12 
RK * 
inclosed: Heb. barred 4:12 shut up: Heb. barred tt 4:13 camphire: or, cypress 5:1 yea...: or, and be drunken with loves 


t 5:4 for him: or, (as some read) in me # 5:5 sweet...: Heb. passing, or, running about § 5:8 that ye: Heb. what, etc 


Song of Solomon 5:11 527 Song of Solomon 8:2 


among ten thousand.”” 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.tt 
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.** 13 His cheeks 
are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.S$ 14 His hands 
are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15 His legs are as 
pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 
16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, 0 


daughters of Jerusalem.*** 


6 

1 whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? 
that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to 
feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 31 am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among 
the lilies. 

4q Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 
5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that 
appear from Gilead.” © Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every 
one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy 
temples within thy locks. 8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without 
number, ° My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of 
her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and 
they praised her. 

10 q Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as 
an army with banners? 

11] went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine 
flourished, and the pomegranates budded. !? Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of 
Amminadib.t¥ 13 Return, return, 0 Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will 
ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.8 


1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, 
the work of the hands of a cunning workman. ? Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not 
liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.” 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes 
that are twins. 4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of 
Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. 5 Thine head upon 
thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.t* © How fair 
and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts 
to clusters of grapes. 81 said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now 
also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; ° And the roof of 
thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that 
are asleep to speak.$** 

104 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the 
field; let us lodge in the villages. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, 
whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.tt 
13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I 
have laid up for thee, O my beloved. 


10 that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee 


without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.” 21 would lead thee, and bring thee into 
my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of 





,, 5:10 the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer tt 5:11 bushy: or, curled +H 5:12 fitly...: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly 
placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring 88 5:13. sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes a 5:16 mouth: Heb. 
palate 6:5 overcome...: or, puffed me up t 6:12 Or ever...: Heb. I knew not + 6:12 made...: or, set me on the chariots of my 
willing people 8 6:13 of..: or, of Mahanaim * 7:2 liquor: Heb. mixture t 7:5 Carmel: or, crimson t 7:5 held: Heb. bound 


aK * 
§ 79 sweetly: Heb. straightly 7:9. of those...: or, of the ancient tt 7:12 appear: Heb. open 8:1 I should not...: Heb. 
they should not despise me 


Song of Solomon 8:3 528 Song of Solomon 8:14 


my pomegranate. 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 41 
charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.t 

5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under 
the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 

6 q Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy 


is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.* 7 Many 
waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of 
his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 

8 q We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when 
she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, 
we will inclose her with boards of cedar. !°I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his 
eyes as one that found favour 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto 
keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. !2 My vineyard, which 
i mee before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two 

undred. 

13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. 

14q Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of 


‘ 2k 
spices. 





eK 
t 8:4 that...: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc t 8:6 cruel: Heb. hard § 8:10 favour: Heb. peace 8:14 Make...: Heb. 
Flee away 


Isaiah 1:1 529 Isaiah 1:31 


The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 


1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of 
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up 
children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: 
but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, 
a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked 
the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. *t 

5q Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the 
whole heart faint.* 6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, 
and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with 
ointment.§ 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it 
in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.** 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as 
a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except the LORD of 
hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been 
like unto Gomorrah. 

10 q Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people 
of Gomorrah. 1! To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am 
full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, 
or of lambs, or of he goats.tt 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts?## 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the 
new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn 
meeting.S§ 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; 
Iam weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, 


when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.***ttt 

16 q Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to 
do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the 
widow.t## 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing 
and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 2° But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with 
the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 

21 q How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in 
it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 23 Thy princes are 
rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge 
not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, 
the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of 
mine enemies: 

25q And will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:88§ 
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou 
shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 2” Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, 
and her converts with righteousness.” 

28 q And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that 
forsake the LORD shall be consumed.t 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, 
and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 3° For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf 
fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. 3! And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a 


spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.+ 





7 1:4 laden: Heb. of heaviness t 1:4 gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated + 1:5 revolt...: Heb. increase revolt § 1:6 ointment: 
or, oil ei 1:7 overthrown...: Heb. the overthrow of tt 1:11 he goats: Heb. great he goats +t 1:12 to appear: Heb. to be 
seen 88 1313 iniquity: or, grief ae 1:15 make...: Heb. multiply prayer Tit 1:15 blood: Heb. bloods Ht 1:17 relieve: 
or, righten S88 3.95 purely: Heb. according to pureness - 1:27 her...: or, they that return of her t 1:28 destruction: Heb. 


breaking # 1:31 maker...: or, and his work 


Isaiah 2:1 530 Isaiah 3:13 
2 


1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come 
to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the 
mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.* 3 And many people 
shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; 
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and 
the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many 
people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation 
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.t 50 house of Jacob, come 
ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. 

6 q Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the 
east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.*8 
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also 
full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: ® Their land also is full of idols; they worship 
the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: 9 And the mean man boweth 
down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. 

10q Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his 
majesty. 1! The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, 
and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every 
one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And 
upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And 
upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, 
and upon every fenced wall, 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.”* 
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and 
the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.tt 19 And they 
shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the 
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.*# 20 In that day a man shall cast his 
idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and 
to the bats;88*** 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of 
the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 22 Cease ye 
from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? 


1For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay 
and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, ? The mighty man, and the man 
of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the 
honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. *t 4 And I will 
give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. > And the people shall be oppressed, 
every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against 
the ancient, and the base against the honourable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the 
house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: 
7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: 
make me not aruler of the people.#§ ®For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue 
and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 

9q The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, 
they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 1° Say ye to the 
righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the 
wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.** 

12q As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they 
which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.tt## 13 The LORD standeth up to 





. 2:2 established: or, prepared t 2:4 pruninghooks: or, scythes t 2:6 from...: or, more than the § 26 please...: or, abound 
with the ° 2:16 pleasant...: Heb. pictures of desire tt 2:18 he...: or, shall utterly pass away He 2:19 of the earth: Heb. of 
the dust §§ 2:20 his idols of silver...: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc ane 2:20 each...: or, for him 33 3:3 the honourable...: 
Heb. a man eminent in countenance t 3:3 eloquent...: or, skilful of speech t 3:7 swear: Heb. lift up the hand 8 3:7 healer: 


Heb. binder up ot 3:11 given...: Heb. done to him tt 3:12 lead...: or, call thee blessed a 3:12 destroy: Heb. swallow up 


Isaiah 3:14 531 Isaiah 5:10 


plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of 
his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your 
houses.8§ 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the 
Lord GOD of hosts. 

16 q Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched 
forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their 
feet: “ttt 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, 
and the LORD will discover their secret parts.*#* 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of 
their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,S$$ 19 The 
chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, "t 29 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the 
headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,* 2! The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of 
apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and 
the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; 
and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding 
of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. 2>Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the 


war.8 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.** 


1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and 


wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. *t 

21In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall 
be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.*§ 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that 
is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written 
among the living in Jerusalem:** 4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of 
Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, 
and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and 
upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon 
all the glory shall be a defence. tt## 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from 
the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. 


1Now will] sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath 
a vineyard ina very fruitful hill:* 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted 
it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he 
looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.t¥ 3 And now, O inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What could have 
been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should 
bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my 
vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, 
and it shall be trodden down:8 © And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there 
shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For 
the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and 
he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. "tt 

8 q Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may 


be placed alone in the midst of the earth!** 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many 


houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.88*** 10 yea, ten acres of vineyard 
shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. 





§8 3:14 eaten: or, burnt oe 3:16 wanton...: Heb. deceiving with their eyes ttt 3:16 mincing: or, tripping nicely Ht 3:17 
discover: Heb. make naked §§§ 3:18 cauls: or, networks 3:19 chains: or, sweet balls t 3:19 mufflers: or, spangled ornaments 
+ 3:20 tablets: Heb. houses of the soul § 3:25 mighty: Heb. might iis 3:26 desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed id 4:1 let...: 
Heb. let thy name be called upon us t 4:1 to take...: or, take thou away t 4:2 beautiful...: Heb. beauty and glory § 4:2 them... 
Heb. the escaping ig 4:3 among... or, to life tt 4:5 upon all: or, above all +t 4:5 defence: Heb. covering ‘. 5:1 avery...: 
Heb. the horn of the son of oil t 5:2 fenced: or, made a wall about t 5:2 made: Heb. hewed § 5:5 trodden...: Heb. for a 
treading i 5:7 his...: Heb. plant of his pleasures si 5:7 oppression: Heb. a scab +H 5:8 they: Heb. ye 88 5:9 In... or, 


KK 
This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc 5:9 Of a...: Heb. If not, etc 


Isaiah 5:11 532 Isaiah 6:10 


11 q Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that 
continue until night, till wine inflame them!TtT 12 and the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and 
wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of 
his hands. 

13. q Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their 
honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.t#* 14 Therefore hell hath 
enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and 
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, 
and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: !¢ But the LORD of 
hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.88§ 17 Then 
shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 

18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That 
say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One 
of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 

20 q Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for 
darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!* 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their 
own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and 
men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the 
righteousness of the righteous from him! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth 

the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom 
shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of 
the Holy One of Israel.* 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath 
stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their 
carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still.8 

26 q And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of 
the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 2” None shall be weary nor stumble among 
them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of 
their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be 
counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar 
like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none 
shall deliver it. 3° And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one 


look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof." tt 


1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and 
his train filled the temple.” 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he 
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto 
another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.t¥ 4 And the 


posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.§ 
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the 


midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.** Then flew 
one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from 
off the altar:tt 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine 
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.*# 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I 
send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.8§ 

9q And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but 
perceive not.”* 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; 
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, 





TAT 5:11 inflame: of, pursue +t 5:13 honourable...: Heb. glory are men of famine S88 5:16 God...: or, the holy God: Heb. the 
God the holy . 5:20 call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc t 5:21 in their own sight: Heb. before their face t 5:24 
fire: Heb. tongue of fire 8 5.25 torn: or, as dung a“ 5:30 sorrow: or, distress tt 5:30 and the light...: or, when it is light, 
it shall be dark in the destructions thereof * 6:1 his...: or, the skirts thereof t 6:3 one...: Heb. this cried to this t 6:3 the 
whole...: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth § 6:4 door: Heb. thresholds sa 6:5 undone: Heb. cut off tt 6:6 


RK 
having...: Heb. and in his hand a live coal +4 6:7 laid...: Heb. caused it to touch §§ 6:8 Here...: Heb. behold me 6:9 
indeed, but understand: or, without ceasing, etc: Heb. in hearing, etc 


Isaiah 6:11 533 Isaiah 8:3 


and be healed. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without 
inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,ttt 12 And the LORD have 
removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 

13 q But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an 
oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance 
thereof.###888 


1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that 
Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to 
war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is 
confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the 
wood are moved with the wind.” 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, 
and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s 
field;t¥ 4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails 
of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.8 
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, ° Let 
us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of 
it, even the son of Tabeal:** 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five 
years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.tt 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the 
head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.++ 

10q Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,S§ 1! Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; 
ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.” 12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt 
the LORD. 3 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but 
will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall 
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.ttt 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that 
he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. !¢ For before the child shall know to refuse the 
evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken 

of both her kings. 

17q The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that 
have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall 
come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers 
of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them 
in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.¥#* 20 In 
the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the 
king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. 2! And it shall 
come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; 2? And it shall come 
to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall 
every one eat that is left in the land.$8§ 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall 
be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. 
24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and 
thorns. 25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear 
of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. 


1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning 


Maher-shalal-hash-baz.* 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and 
Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a 





ttt 6:11 utterly...: Heb. desolate with desolation $44 6:13 andi it...: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused §§§ 6:13 
substance: or, stock, or, stem 7 7:2. is confederate...: Heb. resteth on t 7:3. Shear-jashub: that is, The remnant shall return 
t 7:3 highway: or, causeway 8 74 neither..: Heb. let not thy heart be tender ae 7:6 vex: or, waken tt 7:8 that...: Heb. 
from a people + 7:9 If... or, Do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable S88 7:10 Moreover...: Heb. And the LORD added 
to speak as 7:11 ask it...: or, make thy petition deep Tit 7:14 shall call: or, thou, O virgin, shalt call #4 7:19 bushes: or, 


commendable trees $88 7:22 the land: Heb. the midst of the land 7 8:1 Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Heb. In making speed to the 
spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc 


Isaiah 8:4 534 Isaiah 9:12 


son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.t 4 For before the child shall 
have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria 
shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.* 

54 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, © Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters 
of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his 
glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through 
Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings 
shall fill the breadth of thy land, 0 Immanuel.8 

9q Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far 
countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in 
pieces.”* 10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: 
for God is with us. 

11q For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in 
the way of this people, saying,tt 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A 
confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him 
be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling 
and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be 
taken. 

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that 
hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the 
LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in 
mount Zion. 

19q And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards 
that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 2°To 
the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in 
them.** 21 and they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that 
when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look 
upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; 
and they shall be driven to darkness. 


1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly 
afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her 
by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.” 2The people that walked in darkness 
have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light 
shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to 
the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.t 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of 
his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.* 5 For every 
battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled 

in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.8**tT 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a 
son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, 
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his 
government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order 
it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the 
LORD of hosts will perform this. 

8 q The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, 
even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 1° The bricks 
are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change 
them into cedars. ' Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join 
his enemies together;## 12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel 





t 8:3 went: Heb. approached t 8:4 the riches...: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc 8 3:3 
aK 
stretching...: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings 8:9 people, and: or, people, yet 
* 
tt 8:11 with...: Heb. in strength of hand FE 5.20 no...: Heb, no morning 9:1 of the nations: or, populous t 9:3 not: or, to 
aK 

him t 9:4 For...: or, When thou brakest § 9:5 For...: or, When the whole battle of the warrior was, etc 9:5 but...: or, and it 
was, etc tt 9:5 fuel: Heb. meat + 9:11 join: Heb. mingle 


Isaiah 9:13 535 Isaiah 10:22 


with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.88 

13 q For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. 
M4 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient 
and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 1 For the leaders of 
this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”**ttt### 17 Therefore the 
Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: 
for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is 
not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.88§ 

18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the 
thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19 Through the wrath of 
the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall 
spare his brother.” 2° And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left 
hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:t 21 Manasseh, 
Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not 
turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 


1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have 
prescribed;* 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of 
my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do 
in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? 
and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they 
shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 

5q O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.* 61 will send 
him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to 
take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.8 7 Howbeit 
he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations 
not a few. § For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? ° Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not 
Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 1° As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, 
and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; !! Shall I not, as I have done 
unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that 
when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the 
fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.**tt 13 For he saith, By 
the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed 
the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like 
a valiant man:** 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth 
eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened 
the mouth, or peeped. !5 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw 
magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, 
or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.8$*** 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of 
hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning 
of a fire. 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn 
and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; !8 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his 
fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.ttt 19 And the 
rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.*#+ 

20 q And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the 
house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the 
Holy One of Israel, in truth. 2! The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty 
God. 2? For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the 





RR 
§§ 9:12 open: Heb. whole 9:16 the leaders: or, they that call them blessed ttt 9:16 led of: or, called blessed of $44 9:16 
* * 
destroyed: Heb. swallowed up 888 9:17 folly: or, villany 9:19 fuel: Heb. meat t 9:20 snatch: Heb cut 10:1 that write...: 
or, to the writers that write grievousness t 10:5 ...: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur t 10:5 and: or, though § 10:6 





RK 
tread...: Heb. lay them a treading 10:12 punish: Heb. visit upon tt 10:12 stout...: Heb. greatness of the heart #4 10:13 a 
RK 
valiant...: or, many people 88 10:15 the rod... or, a rod should shake them that lift it up 10:15 itself, as if...: or, that which 
is not wood ttt 10:18 both...: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh +4 10:19 few: Heb. number 


Isaiah 10:23 536 Isaiah 12:2 


consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.$8§* 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make 
a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. 

24 q Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of 
the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner 
of Egypt.t 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their 
destruction. 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of 
Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of 
Egypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, 
and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.* 28 He is come 
to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over the 
passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 3° Lift up 
thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.§ 31 Madmenah is 
removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: 
he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the 
Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn 
down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, 


and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.** 


1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 
2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit 
of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of 
quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither 
reprove after the hearing of his ears:* 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 
with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with 
the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.t 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and 
faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie 
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead 
them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall 
eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child 
shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.* 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: 
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 

10q And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to 
it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.8 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that 
the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be 
left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, 
and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, 
and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four 
corners of the earth.”* 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be 
cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 4 But they shall fly upon the 
shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay 
their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.tt##8§ 15 and the LORD 
shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand 
over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.” 16 And there 
shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to 
Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 


1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine 
anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be 





* 
§§§ 10:22 of them: Heb. in, or, among, etc 10:22 with: or, in t 10:24 and shall...: or, but he shall lift up his staff for t 10:27 
aK * 
be taken...: Heb. remove § 10:30 Lift...: Heb. Cry shrill with 10:34 by...: or, mightily 11:3. quick...: Heb. scent or, 
ct 
smell Tt 11:4 reprove: or, argue t 11:8 cockatrice’: or, adder’s § iio glorious: Heb. glory 11:12 corners: Heb. 
wings ne 11:14 them of: Heb. the children of +4 11:14 they shall lay...: Heb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand 
AK 
8§ 11:14 shall obey...: Heb. their obedience 11:15 dryshod: Heb. in shoes 


Isaiah 12:3 537 Isaiah 14:5 


afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. 3 Therefore 
with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 

4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the 
people, make mention that his name is exalted.” 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent 
things: this is known in all the earth. © Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy 
One of Israel in the midst of thee.t 


13 
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high 
mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 
3] have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them 
that rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; 
a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the 


host of the battle.” > They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the 
weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 

6 q Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:t 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs 
and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be 
amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.*8** 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel 
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out 
of it. 1° For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall 
be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 1! And I will punish 
the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud 
to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 121 will make a man more precious than fine 
gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. !3 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth 
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to 
his own people, and flee every one into his own land. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; 
and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. !© Their children also shall be dashed to 
pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, I will stir 
up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the 
womb; their eye shall not spare children. 

19 q And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when 
God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.tt 20 it shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from 
generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make 
their fold there. 2! But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful 
creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.t#88*** 22 and the wild beasts of the 
islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to 
come, and her days shall not be prolonged. ttt### 


14 

1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: 
and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. ? And the 
people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the 
land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they 
were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.” 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD 
shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast 
made to serve, 

4q That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor 
ceased! the golden city ceased!t# 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of 





. 12:4 call...: or, proclaim t 12:6 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress s 13:4 like...: Heb. the likeness of t 13:7 be faint: or, fall 
down * 13:8 be amazed: Heb. wonder § 13:8 one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour oe 13:8 flames: Heb. faces of the flames 
tt 13:19 as...: Heb. as the overthrowing FF 33.21 wild... Heb. ziim 88 13:21 doleful..: Heb. Ochim a 13:21 owls: or, 
ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl ttt 13:22 the wild...: Heb. lim +H 13:22 desolate...: or, palaces * 14:2 whose...: Heb. 
that had taken them captives t 14:4 proverb: or, taunting speech t 14:4 golden...: or, exactress of gold 


Isaiah 14:6 538 Isaiah 15:7 


the rulers. © He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in 
anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 8 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth 
into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid 
down, no feller is come up against us. ? Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: 
it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones 


all the kings of the nations.**tt 19 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak 
as we? art thou become like unto us? !! Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy 
viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. !2 How art thou fallen from heaven, O 
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!** 
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of 
God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 141 will ascend above 
the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the 
sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the 
man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 1” That made the world as a wilderness, 
and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?8§ 18 All the kings of the 
nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave 
like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that 
go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 2°Thou shalt not be joined with them 
in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never 
be renowned. 2! Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not 
rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, 
saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith 
the LORD. 231 will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with 
the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. 

24q The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as 
Thave purposed, so shall it stand: 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains 
tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their 
shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is 
stretched out upon all the nations. 2” For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? 
and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this 
burden. 

29 q Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of 
the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.*** 30 And 
the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with 
famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31 Howl, 0 gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: 
for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times, 1tt### 
32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and 


the poor of his people shall trust in it.$8§ 


1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because 
in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;* 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, 
the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be 
baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the 
tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.t 4 And Heshbon 
shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab 
shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall 
flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they 
go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.#§ 

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is 
no green thing.** 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall 





S 14:6 acontinual...: Heb. a stroke without removing ae 14:9 Hell: or, The grave tt 14:9 chief...: Heb. leaders, or, great goats 
+H 14:12 O Lucifer: or, O day star 88 j437 opened...: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward? uit 14:29 cockatrice: 
or, adder ttt 14:31 none...: or, he shall not be alone +44 14:31 appointed...: or, assemblies §8§ 14:32 trust...: or, betake 
themselves unto it « 15:1 brought...: or, cut off t 15:3 weeping...: Heb. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping 


aK 
t 15:5 his...: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer § 15:5 destruction: Heb. breaking 15:6 desolate: Heb. 
desolations 


Isaiah 15:8 539 Isaiah 17:11 


they carry away to the brook of the willows.tt 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; 
the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon 
shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and 


upon the remnant of the land.¥# 


16 


1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the 
daughter of Zion.” 2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of 
Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night 


in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.* 4Let mine outcasts 
dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at 


an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.8™* 5 And in mercy shall the 
throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking 
judgment, and hasting righteousness. tt 

6 ¢ We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, 
and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall 
howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.** 8 For the fields of 
Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal 
plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are 
stretched out, they are gone over the sea.8§ 

9 q Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my 


tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.*** 
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no 
singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have 
made their vintage shouting to cease. 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and 
mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. 

12 q And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall 
come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. 13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken 
concerning Moab since that time. 14But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the 
years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the 


remnant shall be very small and feeble.ttt 


17 

1The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous 
heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall 
make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and 
the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 And 
in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh 
shall wax lean. 5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with 
his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 

6 q Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the 
top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God 
of Israel. 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of 
Israel. 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his 
fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.” 

9q In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they 
left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. 1° Because thou hast forgotten the 
God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant 
pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and 
in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief 
and of desperate sorrow.t 





* 
tt 15:7 brook...: or, valley of the Arabians + 15:9 more: Heb. additions 16:1 Sela: or, Petra: Heb. A rock t 16:2 cast...: or, 
kK 
anest forsaken 16:3 Take: Heb. Bring § 16:4 extortioner: Heb. wringer 16:4 the oppressors: Heb. the treaders down 
kK 
tt 16:5 established: or, prepared #4 16:7 mourn: or, mutter S§ 16:8 stretched... or, plucked up 16:9 the shouting...: 


* 
or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc ttt 16:14 feeble: or, not many 17:8 images: or, sun images t 17:11 a heap...: or, removed 
in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow 


Isaiah 17:12 540 Isaiah 19:17 


12q Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the 


rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!*§ 13 The nations shall rush 
like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be 


chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.** 
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that 
spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. 


1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: 2 That sendeth 
ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, 
to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted 


out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!*t# 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and 
dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a 
trumpet, hear ye. 4For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling 
plete like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.S** 5 For afore the 
arvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the 
sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. ®They shall be left together unto 
the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and 
all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. 
7q In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, 
and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, 


whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.*t 


19 

1The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and 
the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, 
and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.” 3 And the spirit 
of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to 
the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.t¥ 4 And the 
Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith 
the Lord, the LORD of hosts.8 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted 
and dried up. © And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and 
dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, 
and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.** 8 The fishers also 
shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon 
the waters shall languish. 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall 
be confounded.*t 19 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds 
for fish. ##88 

11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become 
brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? !2 Where are they? 
where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath 
purposed upon Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they 
have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.”** 14The LORD hath mingled 
a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a 
drunken man staggereth in his vomit.ttT 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head 
or tail, branch or rush, may do. 16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid 
and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. 17 And the 
land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in 
himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. 





+ 17:12 multitude: or, noise § 17:12 mighty: or, many = 17:13 arolling...: or, thistledown é 18:2 scattered...: or, outspread 
and polished t 18:2 meted...: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot t 18:2 have...: 
or, despise § 18:4 consider...: or, regard my set dwelling wis 18:4 upon...: or, after rain tf 18:7 scattered... or, outspread 
and polished : 19:2 set: Heb. mingle ii 19:3 fail: Heb. be emptied + 19:3 destroy: Heb. swallow up § 19:4 give...: or, 
shut up op 19:7 and be...: Heb. and shall not be tt 19:9 networks: or, white works a 19:10 purposes: Heb. foundations 


BRK 
S88 jo:10 for fish: Heb. of living things 19:13 they that...: or, governors: Heb. corners Tt 19:14 a perverse...: Heb. a spirit 
of perversities 


Isaiah 19:18 541 Isaiah 21:17 


18 q In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the 
LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.*##§8§ 19 In that day shall there be an altar 
to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 2° And it 
shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto 
the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall 
deliver them. 2! And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in 
that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. 
22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, 
and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 

23 q In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into 
Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day 
shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom 
the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, 
and Israel mine inheritance. 


1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought 
against Ashdod, and took it; 2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go 
and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking 
naked and barefoot.” 3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot 
three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead 
away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even 
with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.t# 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of 
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. © And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that 
day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: 
and how shall we escape?§ 


21 

1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from 
the desert, froma terrible land. 2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth 
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, 0 Media; all the sighing thereof have I 
made to cease.” 3Therefore are my loins filled 

with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed 
down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted 
me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.'¥ 5 Prepare the table, watch in the 
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. © For thus hath the Lord said unto me, 
Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a 
chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: 8 And he cried, A 
lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole 
nights:8** 9 and, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered 
and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the 
ground. !°0 my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the 
God of Israel, have I declared unto you.tt 

11 q The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, 
what of the night? 12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, 
enquire ye: return, come. 

13 q The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of 
Dedanim. The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented 
with their bread him that fled.## 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from 
the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.8§ 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a 
year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 17 And the residue of the 





* 
Het 19:18 the language: Heb. the lip S88 19:18 of destruction: or, of Heres, or, of the sun 20:2 by: Heb. by the hand of 
* 
t 20:4 the Egyptians...: Heb. the captivity of Egypt t 20:4 shame: Heb. nakedness § 20:6 isle: or, countr 21:2 grievous: 
SyP ptivity of Egyp' Ne 8! 
Heb, hard t 21:4 heart...: or, mind wandered t 21:4 turned: Heb. put § 21:8 he...: or, cried as a lion 21:8 whole...: or, 


every night tt 21:10 corn: Heb. son + 21:14 brought: or, bring ye 88 91:15 from the swords: or, for fear, etc: Heb. from 
the face, etc 


Isaiah 22:1 542 Isaiah 23:7 


number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of 
Israel hath spoken it.*** 


22 
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the 
housetops? 2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with 
the sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that 


are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.” 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; 
I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.t 
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the 
valley of vision, breaking 

down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. © And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and 
horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.* 7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be 


full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.S** 

8 q And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the 
house of the forest. ° Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye 
gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 1° And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and 
the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for 
the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto 
him that fashioned it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and 
to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: !3 And behold joy and gladness, slaying 
oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall 
die. 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged 
from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 

15q Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is 
over the house, and say, 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee 
out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for 


himself in a rock?*t 17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely 
cover thee.##8§ 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt 


thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.”** 19 And I will 
drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 

20q And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 21 And 
T will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government 
into his hand: and he shall bea father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 2? And 
the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and 
he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for 
a glorious throne to his father’s house. 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s 
house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the 


vessels of flagons.t TT 25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure 
place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the 
LORD hath spoken it. 


1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no 
entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou 


whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.” 3 And by great waters the 
seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4Be thou ashamed, 
O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth 
children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, 
so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. °Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of 
the isle. 7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar 





RK * 
21:17 archers: Heb. bows 22:3 by... Heb. of the bow t 22:4 weep...: Heb. be bitter in weeping # 22:6 uncovered: 


Heb. made naked 8 22:7 thy...: Heb. the choice of thy valleys ae 22:7 at: or, toward tt 22:16 as...: or, O he + 22:17 
will carry...: or, who covered thee with an excellent covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, (next verse) shall surely, etc 8§ 22:17 a 
mighty...: Heb. the captivity of aman me 22:18 large: Heb. large of spaces Tit 22:24 vessels of flagons: or, instruments of viols 
‘ 23:2 still: Heb. silent 


Isaiah 23:8 543 Isaiah 24:22 


off to sojourn.t 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are 
princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? ?The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to 
stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.* 1° Pass through 


thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. 11 He stretched out his hand over 
the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to 


destroy the strong holds thereof.**tt## 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed 
virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. 13 Behold the 
land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded 

it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces 
thereof; and he brought it to ruin. !4 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the 
days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.8§ 16 Take an harp, go about 
the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest 
be remembered. 

17q And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she 
shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of 
the earth. !8 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured 
nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and 


for durable clothing.*™* 


24 

1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and 
scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.” 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; 
as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so 
with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver 
of usury to him,t 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken 
this word. 4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth 

and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.* 5 The earth also is defiled under 
the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the 
everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured 

the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, 
and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. The 
mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall 
not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 1° The city of confusion 
is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. !! There is a crying for wine in the 
streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 1? In the city is left desolation, and the gate 
is smitten with destruction. 

13 q When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of 
an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. !4They shall lift up their voice, they 
shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 Wherefore glorify ye the 
LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.8 

16 q From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I 
said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, 


the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.” tt 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon 
thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear 
shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for 
the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. !9 The earth is utterly 
broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 2° The earth shall reel to and 
fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy 
upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. #1 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall 


punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.*# 22 And 





t 23:7 afar...: Heb. from afar off t 23:9 to stain: Heb. to pollute § 23:10 strength: Heb. girdle a 23:11 against...: or, 
concerning a merchantman tt 23:11 the merchant city: Heb. Canaan +t 23:11 strong...: or, strengths §§ 23:15 shall Tyre...: 
Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot nae 23:18 durable: Heb. old . 24:1 turneth...: Heb. perverteth the face thereof 
t 24:2 priest: or, prince t 24:4 the haughty...: Heb. the height of the people S 24:15 fires: or, valleys “ 24:16 uttermost...: 
Heb. wing tt 24:16 My leanness: Heb. Leanness to me, or, My secret to me +t 24:21 punish: Heb. visit upon 


Isaiah 24:23 544 Isaiah 26:18 


they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, 


and after many days shall they be visited.88***ttt 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun 
ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients 


gloriously.+## 


10 LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful 
things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. ?For thou hast made ofa city an heap; of a defenced 
city aruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people 
glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, 
a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast 
of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the 
heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be 
brought low. 

6 q And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of 
wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy in 


this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.*t 
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the 
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. 

9q And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: 
this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 1° For in this 
mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw 
is trodden down for the dunghill.+§ 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he 
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with 
the spoils of their hands. 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, 
and bring to the ground, even to the dust. 


1Tn that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God 
appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth 


may enter in.” 3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth 


in thee.t# 4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:S 

5 q For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, 
even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. © The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the 
poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh 
the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire 
of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. ° With my soul have I desired thee in the 
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the 
inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. !°Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not 
learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty 
of the LORD. 1! LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed 
for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.”** 

12q LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works inus.'t 130 LORD 
our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of 
thy name. ' They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou 
visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, 
O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends 
of the earth. 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening 
was upon them.*# 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, 
and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. 18 We have been with child, we have 
been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; 





S8 94:29 as prisoners...: Heb. with the gathering of prisoners a 24:22 pit: or, dungeon Tit 24:22 visited: or, found wanting 
+44 24:23 before...: or, there shall be glory before his ancients 4 25:7 destroy: Heb. swallow up t 25:7 cast: Heb. covered 
# 25:10 trodden down under: or, threshed, etc § 25:10 trodden down for...: or, threshed in Madmenah . 26:2 truth: Heb. 
truths Tt 26:3 perfect...: Heb. peace, peace t 26:3 mind: or, thought, or, imagination S 26:4 everlasting...: Heb. the rock of 
ages me 26:11 at...: or, toward thy people tt 26:12 in us: or, for us +4 26:16 prayer: Heb. secret speech 


Isaiah 26:19 545 Isaiah 28:13 


neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body 
shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth 
shall cast out the dead. 

20 q Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself 
as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 2! For, behold, the LORD cometh out 
of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her 
blood, and shall no more cover her slain.8§ 


27 

1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing 
serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.” 2In that 
day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 31 the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: 
lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns 
against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.t 5 Or let him take hold of 
my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. He shall cause them 
that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. 

7q Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of 
them that are slain by him?* In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth 


his rough wind in the day of the east wind.$** ° By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; 
and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones 
that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.tt 10 Yet the defenced city shall 
be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there 
shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 1! When the boughs thereof are withered, they 
shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: 
therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them 
no favour. 

12q And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river 
unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. 13 And it shall 
come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready 
to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in 
the holy mount at Jerusalem. 


1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, 


which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!* 2 Behold, the Lord 
hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty 
waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of 
Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:t 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, 
shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it 
seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.* 

5 q In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the 
residue of his people, ® And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength 
to them that turn the battle to the gate. 

7 q But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest 
and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the 
way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit 
and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 

9q Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that 
are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.8 1° For precept must be upon precept, precept 
upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:** 11 For with stammering 


lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.tt## 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith 
ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of 





* 
88 46:21 blood: Heb. bloods 27:1 piercing: or, crossing like a bar t 27:4 go...: or, march against # 27:7 as...: Heb. according 
KK 
to the stroke of § 27:8 it shooteth...: or, thou sendest it forth 27:8 he...: or, when he removeth it with tt 27:9 images: or, 
* 
sun images 28:1 overcome: Heb. broken t 28:3 under...: Heb. with feet # 28:4 eateth: Heb. swalloweth 8 28:9 doctrine: 


aK 
Heb. the hearing? 28:10 must be: or, hath been tt 28:11 stammering...: Heb. stammerings of lip +H 28:11 will...: or, he 
hath spoken 


Isaiah 28:14 546 Isaiah 29:12 


the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; 
here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and 
taken. 

14q Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in 
Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at 
agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have 
made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 

16q Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a 
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. !” Judgment also will 
I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, 
and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 

18q And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; 
when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.8§ 19 From the 
time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by 


night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.”** 2° For the bed is shorter than that 
aman can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For 
the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may 
do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 22 Now therefore be ye not 
mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, 
even determined upon the whole earth. 

23 q Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day 
to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, 
doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the 


appointed barley and the rie in their place?tTT###8$S 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, 


and doth teach him.” 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart 
wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with 
arod. 28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of 
his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is 
wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 


29 


1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. *t+ 
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will 
raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy 
speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of 
the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.§ 5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers 
shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, 
it shall be at an instant suddenly. © Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with 
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. 

7q And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and 
her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. ° It shall even be as when 
an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a 
thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul 
hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. 

9 q Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they 


stagger, but not with strong drink.** 1°For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep 
sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.tt 11 And 
the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that 
is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:** 12 And the book is 
delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. 





88 98:18 trodden... Heb. a treading down to it ant 28:19 to...: or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine Tit 28:25 
the principal...: or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place +t 28:25 rie: or, spelt §8§ 28:25 place: 
Heb. border? . 28:26 For...: or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach him - 29:1 Woe...: or, O Ariel, that is, the lion 
ofGod 29:1 the city: or, of the city # 29:1 kill: Heb. cut ofthe heads of 8 29:4 whisper: Heb. peep, or, chirp ve 29:9 
cry ye...: or, take your pleasure, and riot tt 29:10 rulers: Heb. heads + 29:11 book: or, letter 


Isaiah 29:13 547 Isaiah 30:20 


13q Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuchas this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their 
lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the 
precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a 
marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding 
of their prudent men shall be hid.$§ 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the 
LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 16 Surely 
your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of 
him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no 
understanding? 

17 Js it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful 
field shall be esteemed as a forest? 

18q And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out 
of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor 


among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel."** 2° For the terrible one is brought to nought, and 
the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 21 That make a man an offender for 
a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall 
not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. 23 But when he seeth his children, the work 
of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, 
and shall fear the God of Israel. 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they 


that murmured shall learn doctrine.ttt 


30 

1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover 
with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2? That walk to go down into Egypt, 
and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust 
in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the 
shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 
5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, 
and also a reproach. ©The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from 
whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches 
upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that 
shall not profit them. 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried 


concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.” 

8 q Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come 
for ever and ever:t 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law 
of the LORD: !° Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy 

not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, 
turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus 
saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, 
and stay thereon:¥ 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in 
a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14 And he shall break it as the breaking 
of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in 
the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.S 15 For 
thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness 
and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. 1° But ye said, No; for we will flee upon 
horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you 
be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left 


as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.** 

18 q And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be 
exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they 
that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will 
be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20 And 
though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be 





RK * 
§8 p0:14 proceed: Heb. add 29:19 increase: Heb. add tit 29:24 come...: Heb. know understanding 30:7 concerning...: 
or, to her t 30:8 the...: Heb. the latter day + 30:12 oppression: or, fraud § 30:14 the potters’...: Heb. the bottle of potters 


30:17 a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast 


Isaiah 30:21 548 Isaiah 32:2 


removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:tt 21 And thine ears shall hear 
a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when 
ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament 
of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, 
Get thee hence.*#8§ 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; 
and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle 
feed in large pastures. 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean 
provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.”** 25 And there shall be upon 
every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great 
slaughter, when the towers fall.ttt 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, 
and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth 
up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. 

27 q Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof 
is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:+##888 28 and his breath, as 
an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: 
and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the 
night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into 
the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.” 0 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice 
to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with 
the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.t 31 For through the voice 
of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. 32 And in every place where 
the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: 
and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.48** 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it 
is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the 
LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.tt 


1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they 
are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, 
neither seek the LORD! ? Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will 
arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.” 3 Now the 
Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch 
out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail 
together. 4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his 
prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor 
abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, 
and for the hill thereof." 5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also 
he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. 

6q Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. ’ For in that day every 
man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you 

int 
or asin. 
f 8 q Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean 
man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.8** 
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith 
the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.tt## 
32 


1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall 
be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, 





tt 30:20 affliction: or, oppression + 30:22 thy graven...: Heb. the graven images of thy silver §§ 30:22 cast: Heb. scatter 
PP! yg 8 8 Ly 
an 

30:24 clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened ttt 30:25 high hill: Heb. lifted up, etc Ht 30:27 burden...: or, grievousness of 

* 
flame 888 30:27 heavy: Heb. heaviness 30:29 mighty...: Heb. Rock t 30:30 his glorious...: Heb. the glory of his voice 

RK 
t 30:32 in every...: Heb. every passing of the rod founded § 30:32 lay...: Heb. cause to rest upon 30:32 with it: or, against 
y. yP 8 ry. Pp 8 

* 

then TT 30:33 of old: Heb. from yesterday 31:2 call...: Heb. remove t 31:4 noise: or, multitude ¥ 51:7 his idols of gold: 
KK 

Heb. the idols of his gold § 31:8 from: or, for fear of 31:8 discomfited: or, tributary: Heb. for melting, or, tribute tt 31:9 


he...: Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear + 31:9 his strong hold: or, his strength 


Isaiah 32:3 549 Isaiah 33:19 


as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and 
the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and 
the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.t* 5 The vile person shall be no more 
called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. © For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart 
will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul 
of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The instruments also of the churl are 
evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh 
right.§ 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand."* 

9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 
°Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering 
shall not come.tt 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and 
make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant 
fields, for the fruitful vine.** 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon 
all the houses of joy in the joyous city:8§ 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the 
city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;"** 
5 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful 
field be counted for a forest. 1© Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain 
in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness 
quietness and assurance for ever. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure 
dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city 
shall be low in a low place.ttt 29 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the 
feet of the ox and the ass. 





1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not 
treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt 
make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 20 LORD, be gracious 
unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time 
of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were 
scattered. 4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to 
and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath 
filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. © And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy 
times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.” 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall 
cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.t ’ The highways lie waste, the wayfaring 
man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. ° The 
earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and 
Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.* 10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now 
will I lift up myself. !! Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall 
devour you. 12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned 
in the fire. 

13 q Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The 
sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell 
with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh 
righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands 
from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing 
evil;8**tt## 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall 
be given him; his waters shall be sure.8§ 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold 
the land that is very far off.*** 18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the 
receiver? where is he that counted the towers?ttt 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a 





. 32:2 great: Heb. heavy t 32:4 rash: Heb. hasty t 32:4 plainly: or, elegantly 8 32:7 the needy...: or, he speaketh against 
the poor in judgment i 32:8 stand: or, be established tt 32:10 Many...: Heb. Days above a year + 32:12 pleasant...: Heb. 
fields of desire 88 32:13 yea...: or, burning upon one 32:14 forts...: or, clifts and watchtowers Tt 32:19 low in...: or, utterly 
abased * 33:6 salvation: Heb. salvations t 33:7 valiant...: or, messengers # 33:9 hewn...: or, withered away 8 33:15 
righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses ie 33:15 uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses tt 33:15 oppressions: or, deceits +4 33:15 


BS eae *0 ttt |; 
blood: Heb. bloods 33:16 high: Heb. heights, or, high places 33:17 that...: Heb. of far distances 33:18 receiver: 
Heb. weigher? 


Isaiah 33:20 550 Isaiah 35:7 


deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.*#+ 
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a 
tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither 
shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 2! But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad 
rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.S8§ 


22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.” 23 Thy 
tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is 
the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: 
the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. 


1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; 


the world, and all things that come forth of it.” 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, 
and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the 
slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and 
the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the 
heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from 
the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall 
come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. ©The sword of the LORD is 
filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the 
kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. 
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be 
soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.t* 8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, 
and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. 

9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the 
land thereof shall become burning pitch. 1° It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof 
shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for 
ever and ever. 

11 q But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: 
and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 12 They shall call 
the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And 
thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an 
habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.** 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the 
wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and 
find for herself a place of rest.tt##8§ 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, 
and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. 

16 q Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her 
mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 17 And he hath cast 
the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from 
generation to generation shall they dwell therein. 


1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and 
blossom as the rose. ? It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory 
of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the 
LORD, and the excellency of our God. 

3 q Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful 
heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he 
will come and save you.” 

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall 
the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break 
out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land 





Ht 33:19 stammering: or, ridiculous S88 33.01 of..: Heb. broad of spaces, or, hands * 33:22 lawgiver: Heb. statutemaker 
t 33:23 Thy...: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings * 34:1 all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof t 34:7 unicorns: or, rhinocerots 
$ 34:7 soaked: or, drunken § 34:11 cormorant: or, pelican "S 34:13 owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl tt 34:14 
The wild beasts of the desert: Heb. Ziim #4 34:14 the wild beasts of the island: Heb. Ijim 88 34:14 screech..: or, night monster 
- 35:4 fearful: Heb. hasty 


Isaiah 35:8 551 Isaiah 37:3 


springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.t 
8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall 


not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.+ 9No 
lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the 
redeemed shall walk there: 1° And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs 
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall 
flee away. 


36 

1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came 
up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh 
from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the 
upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. 3Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which 
was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.” 

4q And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of 
Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 51 say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) 


Ihave counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?t+ 
®Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his 
hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me, We 
trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, 
and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? § Now therefore give pledges, I 
pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able 
on thy part to set riders upon them.$ 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the 
least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 1° And am I 
now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against 
this land, and destroy it. 

11q Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants 
in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of 
the people that are on the wall. 

12q But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? 
hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their 
own piss with you? 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and 
said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah 
deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, 
saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of 
Assyria. 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a 
present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink 


ye every one the waters of his own cistern;** 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own 
land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, 
saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered 

his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where 
are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 2° Who are they among 
all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver 
Jerusalem out of my hand? 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s 
commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 

22 q Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and 


Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of 
Rabshakeh. 


1 Andit came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with 
sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. ? And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, 
and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet 
the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of 
rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring 





* 
i 35:7 grass... or, a court for reeds, etc $ 35:8 but...: or, for he shall be with them 36:3 scribe: or, secretary t 36:5 vain...: 


aK 
Heb. a word of lips + 36:5 I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war § 36:8 pledges: or, hostages 36:16 Make...: 
or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing 


Isaiah 37:4 552 Isaiah 37:33 


forth.” 4It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his 
master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath 
heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.t 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah 
came to Isaiah. 

6q And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid 
of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I 


will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.* 

8 q So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard 
that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is 
come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 
10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive 
thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 4 Behold, thou hast 
heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou 
be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as 
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king 
of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? 

14q And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah 
went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto 
the LORD, saying, 1©O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the 
God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. 1’ Incline 
thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, 
which hath sent to reproach the living God. 18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all 
the nations, and their countries, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but 


the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.”” 2° Now therefore, O 
LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the 
LORD, even thou only. 

21q Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, 
Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: 22 This is the word which the 
LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed 
thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached 
and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even 
against the Holy One of Israel. 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the 
multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I 
will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height 
of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.tt##88 25] have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole 
of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.” 26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how 
I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou 
shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.ttt 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of 
small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green 
herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.*## 28 But I know thy 
abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.88§ 29 Because thy rage against 
me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle 
in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 3° And this shall be a sign unto 
thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the 
same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 31 And the 
remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:* 
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of 
the LORD of hosts shall do this.t 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He 





. 37:3 blasphemy: or, provocation t 37:4 left: Heb. found # 37:7 send...: or, put a spirit into him § 37:18 nations: Heb. 
lands sl 37:19 cast: Heb. given tt 37:24 By thy...: Heb. By the hand of thy servants a 37:24 the tall...: Heb. the tallness 
of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof §§ 37:24 the forest...: or, the forest and his fruitful field ae 37:25 
besieged: or, fenced and closed tit 37:26 Hast...: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient 
times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps? Ht 37:27 of small...: Heb. short of hand 


* 
888 37.8 abode: or, sitting 37:31 the remnant...: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth t 37:32 they...: 
Heb. the escaping 


Isaiah 37:34 553 Isaiah 39:4 


shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank 
against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, 
saith the LORD. 35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s 
sake. 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred 
and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead 
corpses. 

74 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it 


came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer 
his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his 


son reigned in his stead.* 


1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto 
him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.” 
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, 3 And said, Remember 
now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have 
done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.t 

4q Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the 
LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add 
unto thy days fifteen years. © And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: 
and I will defend this city. 7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this 
thing that he hath spoken; ® Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down 
in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it 
was gone down.* 

9 q The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 
10] said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue 
of my years. 111 said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold 
man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a 
shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day 
even to night wilt thou make an end of me.§ 131 reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break 
all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. !Like a crane or a swallow, so did 
chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake 


for me.** 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly 
all my years in the bitterness of my soul. 10 Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is 
the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. !” Behold, for peace I had great 
bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all 


my sins behind thy back.t## 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they 
that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I 
do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 2°The LORD was ready to save me: 
therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the 
LORD. 2! For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he 
shall recover. 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? 


1 At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present 
to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of 
them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and 
the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there 
was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.*t 

3q Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and 
from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, 
even from Babylon. 4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All 





* 

# 37:38 Armenia: Heb. Ararat 38:1 Set...: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house t 38:3 sore: Heb. with great weeping 
kK 

t 38:8 sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun § 38:12 with...: or, from the thrum 38:14 undertake...: or, ease me 

v1 38:17 for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness +4 38:17 thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit 


39:2 precious things: or, spicery t 39:2 armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels, or, instruments 


Isaiah 39:5 554 Isaiah 40:27 


that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed 
them. 

5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: © Behold, the days come, that all 
that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to 
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou 
shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then 
said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For 
there shall be peace and truth in my days. 


1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. ? Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry 
unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the 
LORD’s hand double for all her sins.*t 

3q The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight 
in the desert a highway for our God. 4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall 
be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:¥§ 5 And the glory of 
the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken 
it. ©The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall 1 cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof 
is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD 
bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of 
our God shall stand for ever. 

9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; 0 Jerusalem, that bringest 
good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold 


your God!" tt 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: 


behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.*#88 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: 
he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that 


are with young." 

12q Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, 
and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 
the hills in a balance?ttt 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath 
taught him?##¥ 14 with whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of 


judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?$§$* 15 Behold, 
the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he 
taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 1° And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof 
sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him 
less than nothing, and vanity. 

18 ¢ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman 
melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 2° He 
that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto 
him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.t 2! Have ye not known? 
have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the 
foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof 
are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to 
dwell in:* 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing: he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, 
they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: 
and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as 
stubble. 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes 
on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth 
them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. 

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment 
is passed over from my God? 





7 40:2 comfortably: Heb. to the heart t 40:2 warfare: or, appointed time # 40:4 straight: or, a straight place § 40:4 plain: 
or, a plain place om 40:9 O Zion...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion tt 40:9 O Jerusalem...: or, O thou that tellest good 
tidings to Jerusalem + 40:10 with strong...: or, against the strong 88 40:10 his work: or, recompence for his work iS 40:11 
that...: or, that give suck Tit 40:12 a measure: Heb. a tierce Ht 40:13 his..: Heb. man ofhis counsel $88 40:14 instructed... 


* 
Heb. made him understand 40:14 understanding: Heb. understandings? t 40:20 is so...: Heb. is poor of oblation # 40:22 
It is...: or, Him that 


Isaiah 40:28 555 Isaiah 41:28 


28 ¢ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of 
the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He 
giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 3° Even the youths 
shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 3! But they that wait upon the LORD 
shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 
and they shall walk, and not faint.§ 


1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then 
let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the 
east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as 
the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.” 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by 
the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations 
from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5 The isles saw it, and feared; 
the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. © They helped every one his neighbour; and 
every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.* 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he 
that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he 


fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.8** Tt 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom 
I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, 
and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen 
thee, and not cast thee away. 

10q Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, 
I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they 
that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they 
that strive with thee shall perish.+* 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that 


contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.88*** 
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying 
unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help 


thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.ttt 15 Behold, I will make thee a new 
sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and 


shalt make the hills as chaff.*#* 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the 
whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of 
Israel. !” When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth 

for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 181 will open rivers 
in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, 
and the dry land springs of water. 191 will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the 
myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD 
hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 

21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.88§ 
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what 
they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.” 
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do 
evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of 
nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.t# 251 have raised up one from the north, and he shall 
come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon 
morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 2° Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? 
and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that 
declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 2’ The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: 
and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even 





§ 40:31 renew: Heb. change . 41:2 the righteous...: Heb. righteousness t 41:3 safely: Heb. in peace + 41:6 Be...: Heb. 
Be strong Satz goldsmith: or, founder on 41:7 him...: or, the smiting tt 41:7 saying...: or, saying of the soder, It is good 
+ 41:11 they that strive...: Heb. the men of thy strife §§ 41:12 them that...: Heb. the men of thy contention one 41:12 they...: 
Heb. the men of thy war ttt 41:14 men: or, few men +t 41:15 teeth: Heb. mouths §8§ 41:21 Produce: Heb. Cause to 


* 
come near 41:22 consider...: Heb. set our heart upon them T arza of nothing: or, worse than nothing t 41:24 of nought: 
or, worse than of a viper 


Isaiah 41:29 556 Isaiah 43:7 


among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.S 29 Behold, 
they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. 


1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit 
upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his 
voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not 
quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.*t 4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have 
set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. 

5 { Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread 
forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and 
spirit to them that walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine 
hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To 
open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of 
the prison house. §I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither 
my praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: 
before they spring forth I tell you of them. !°Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from 
the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants 
thereof.8 1 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth 
inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. 12Let them 
give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. 

13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, 
yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.”** 141 have long time holden my peace; I have been still, 
and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.tt 15] 
will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and 
I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in 
paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. 
These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.** 

17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say 
to the molten images, Ye are our gods. 

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my 
messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant? 2° Seeing 
many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The LORD is well pleased 
for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.8§ 22 But this is a people 
robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for 
a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.” ttt 23 Who among you will give ear 
to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?##* 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to 
the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, 
neither were they obedient unto his law. 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, 
and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, 
yet he laid it not to heart. 


43 

1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, 0 Israel, Fear 
not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest 
through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when 
thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For 
Iam the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and 
Seba for thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved 
thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.” 5 Fear not: for I am with thee: | will 
bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; °I will say to the north, Give up; and to 
the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 Even 





S 41:28 answer: Heb. return ¢ 42:3 smoking: or, dimly burning t 42:3 quench: Heb. quench it # 42:4 discouraged: Heb. 
broken 8 42:10 all. Heb. the fulness thereof i 42:13 prevail: or, behave himself mightily tt 42:14 devour: Heb. swallow, 
or, sup up + 42:16 straight: Heb. into straightness 88 42:01 it: or, him at 42:22 they are all...: or, in snaring all the young 
menofthem TTT 42:22 for a spoil: Heb. a treading Ht 42:23 for...: Heb. for the after time? x 43:4 life: or, person 


Isaiah 43:8 557 Isaiah 44:13 


every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have 
made him. 

8 q Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. ° Let all the nations be 
gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us 
former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and 
say, It is truth. 1° Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye 
may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither 
shall there be after me. 111, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 121 have declared, 
and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my 
witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. !3 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can 


deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?* 

14q Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, 
and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.8 151 am the LORD, 
your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the 
sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 1” Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the 
power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 

18 q Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a 
new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert. 2° The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I 


give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.*” 2! This 
people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. 

22 q But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, 0 Israel. 23 Thou 
hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy 


sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.tt 24 Thou 
hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: 


but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.+* 251, even 
I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put 
me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first 
father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.S§ 28 Therefore I have profaned the 


princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches."** 


44 

1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: * Thus saith the LORD that 
made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and 
thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon 
the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they 
shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One shall say, 1 am the LORD’s; 
and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the 
LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. © Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his 
redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7 And who, 
as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and 
the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: 
have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God 
beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.” 

9q They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; 
and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.t 1° Who hath 
formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall 
be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; 
yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in 
the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is 
hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.* 13 The carpenter stretcheth out 
his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, 





t 43:10 no...: or, nothing formed of God # 43:13 let it: Heb. turn it back? § 43:14 nobles: Heb. bars a 43:20 owls: or, 
ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl tt 43:23 small...: Heb. lambs, or, kids + 43:24 filled...: Heb. made me drunk, or, abundantly 
moistened 88 43:27 teachers: Heb. interpreters eae 43:28 princes...: or, holy princes * 44:8 God; I: Heb. rock, etc t 44:9 
delectable: Heb. desirable t 44:12 with the tongs: or, with an axe 


Isaiah 44:14 558 Isaiah 45:14 


and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the 
house. !4He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for 
himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.S !5Then shall it 
be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; 
yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 1°He 
burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: 
yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, Iam warm, I have seen the fire: !” And the residue thereof he 
maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto 
it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath 


shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand."* 19 And none 
considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it 
in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and 
shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?tt## 20 He 
feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is 
there not a lie in my right hand? 

21 q Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art 
my servant: 0 Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 221 have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy 
transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing, O ye 
heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye 
mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself 
in Israel. 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the 
LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth 
by myself; 25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise 
men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; 26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and 
performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the 
cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:88 27 That saith to the 
deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform 
all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall 
be laid. 


1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations 
before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates 


shall not be shut;* 21 will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces 
the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, 
and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy 
name, am the God of Israel. 4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee 
by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 

51am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou 
hast not known me: © That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there 
is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 71 form the light, and create darkness: I 
make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and 
let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let 
righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his 
Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth 
it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? !° Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What 
begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 

11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning 
my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 121 have made the earth, and created 
man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. 
13] have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he 
shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.t 14Thus saith the LORD, 
The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over 
unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they 





a 
S sata strengtheneth: or, taketh courage 44:18 shut: Heb. daubed tt 44:19 considereth...: Heb. setteth to his heart 
* 
+4 44:19 the stock...: Heb. that which comes of a tree? §§ 44:26 decayed...: Heb. wastes 45:1 have...: or, strengthened 
t 45:13 direct: or, make straight 


Isaiah 45:15 559 Isaiah 47:9 


shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there 
is none else, there is no God. 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are 
makers of idols. 1” But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be 
ashamed nor confounded world without end. 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God 
himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed 
it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. 191 have not spoken in secret, in a dark place 
of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I 
declare things that are right. 

20q Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have 
no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 Tell 
ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient 
time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a 
just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 24 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the 
earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 231 have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth 
in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 
24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; 


and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.*§ 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be 
justified, and shall glory. 


1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your 
carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2They stoop, they bow down together; 


they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 

3 q Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne 
by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to 
hoar hairs will carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. 

54 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? They lavish 
gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they 
fall down, yea, they worship. 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his 
place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not 
answer, nor save him out of his trouble. Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to 
mind, O ye transgressors. 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I 
am God, and there is none like me, 1° Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the 
things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: ! Calling a 
ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken 
it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.t 

12 q Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: 131 bring near my 
righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in 
Zion for Israel my glory. 


1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O 
daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, 
and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3 Thy 
nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet 
thee as a man. ‘As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou 
silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The 
lady of kingdoms. 

6 q I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: 
thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. 

7q And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, 
neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, 
that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a 
widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment 





+ 45:24 Surely...: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength § 45:24 righteousness: Heb. 


* 
righteousnesses 46:2 themselves: Heb. their soul t 46:11 that...: Heb. of my counsel 


Isaiah 47:10 560 Isaiah 48:22 


in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the 
multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 
10q For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy 


knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.” 

11q Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief 
shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, 
which thou shalt not know.t# 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy 
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be 
thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the 
stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon 
thee.8** 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves 
from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.tt 15 Thus 
shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall 
wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. 


1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of 
the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, 
but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves 
upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. 31 have declared the former things from the 
beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they 
came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow 


brass; 51 have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: 
lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath 
commanded them. © Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new 
things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. ’ They are created now, and 
not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, 
Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear 
was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor 
from the womb. 

9 q For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut 
thee not off. 1° Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of 
affliction.t 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be 
polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 

12q Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; 1 am he; 1 am the first, I also am the last. 13 Mine 
hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I 
call unto them, they stand up together.* 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them 
hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm 
shall be on the Chaldeans. 151, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he 
shall make his way prosperous. 

16q Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time 
that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. !” Thus saith the LORD, thy 
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; 1 am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth 
thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 180 that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then 
had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been 
as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut 
off nor destroyed from before me. 

20 ¢ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, 
utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 And they 
thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for 
them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the 
wicked. 





* 

47:10 perverted...: or, caused thee to turn away t 47:11 from...: Heb. the morning thereof # 47:11 put: Heb. expiate 8 47:13 
aK 

astrologers: Heb. viewers of the heavens 47:13 the monthly...: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months tt 47:14 


* 
themselves: Heb. their souls 48:4 obstinate: Heb. hard t 48:10 with...: or, for silver t 48:13 my...: or, the palm of my right 
hand hath spread out 


Isaiah 49:1 561 Isaiah 49:26 


49 


1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; 
from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. ? And he hath made my mouth like 
a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver 
hath he hid me; 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom] will be glorified. 4Then 1 
said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment 
is with the LORD, and my work with my God.” 

5 q And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again 
to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall 
be my strength.t 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the 
tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, 
that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.*§ 

7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to 
him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall 
worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.** 
8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped 
thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to 
cause to inherit the desolate heritages;tt 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them 
that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high 
places. 1°They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath 
mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. 1! And I will make 
all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, 
lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. 

13. q Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the 
LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The LORD 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she 
should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.*+ 
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. 1” Thy 
children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 

18 q Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come 
to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, 
and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 1° For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy 
destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee 
up shall be far away. 29 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say 
again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21 Then shalt thou 
say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a 
captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, 
where had they been? 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and 
set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be 
carried upon their shoulders.S§ 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing 
mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; 
and thou shalt know that Iam the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me." "ttt 

24 q Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?*#* 25 But thus saith 
the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be 
delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.$88 26 and 
I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, 
as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 


mighty One of Jacob.” 





7 49:4 my work: or, my reward $ 49:5 Though...: or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc + 49:6 Itis...: or, Art thou 
lighter than that thou shouldest, etc § 49:6 preserved: or, desolations ne 49:7 whom man...: or, that is despised in soul tt 49:8 
establish: or, raise up + 49:15 that...: Heb. from having compassion 88 49:22 arms: Heb. bosom pe 49:23 nursing fathers: 
Heb. nourishers ttt 49:23 queens: Heb. princesses +H 49:24 lawful...: Heb. captivity of the just §8§ 49:25 captives: Heb. 


* 
captivity 49:26 sweet: or, new 


Isaiah 50:1 562 Isaiah 51:18 


1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or 
which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, 
and for your transgressions is your mother put away. ? Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? 
when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened 

at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, 
I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. 31 
clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. 

4The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word 
in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the 
learned. 

5 q The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. °I gave 
my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame 
and spitting. 

7q For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face 
like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. ® He is near that justifieth me; who will contend 
with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.” 9 Behold, the Lord 
GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth 
shall eat them up. 

10q Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in 
darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. "Behold, 
all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in 
the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. 


51 

1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence 
ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and 
unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 3 For the LORD 
shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, 
and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and 
the voice of melody. 

4q Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, 
and I will make my judgment to rest for alight of the people. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is 
gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall 
they trust. © Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall 
vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall 
die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. 

7q Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the 
reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, 
and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from 
generation to generation. 

9q Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the 
generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 1° Art thou not 
it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way 
for the ransomed to pass over? 1 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with 
singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and 
sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 121, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou 
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13 And 
forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the 
earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready 


to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?” The captive exile hasteneth that he may be 
loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. 15 But Iam the LORD thy 
God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. 1¢ And I have put my 
words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, 
and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. 

17q Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his 
fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide 





* 
50:8 mine...: Heb. the master of my cause? 51:13 were...: or, made himself ready 


Isaiah 51:19 563 Isaiah 53:9 


her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand 
of all the sons that she hath brought up. !9 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for 


thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?t# 
20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of 
the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 

21q Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord 
the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand 
the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23 But I 
will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may 
go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. 


52 

1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy 
city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. ? Shake 
thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, 0 
captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall 
be redeemed without money. 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into 
Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5 Now therefore, what have I 
here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them 
to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. ° Therefore my people 
shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 

7q How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth 
peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God 
reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall 
see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. 

9q Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted 
his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. !°The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all 
the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. 

11 q Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of 
her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. 1 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by 
flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.” 

13 q Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.t 
14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more 
than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: 
for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they 
consider. 


53 

1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?” 2For he shall grow 
up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; 
and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected 
of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was 
despised, and we esteemed him not.t 

4q Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten 
of God, and afflicted. > But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the 
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.¥§ © All we like sheep have 
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity 
of us all."* 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He 
was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off 
out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.tt## 9 and he made 





* 
t 51:19 are...: Heb. happened # 51:19 destruction: Heb. breaking 52:12 be...: Heb. gather you up t 52:13 deal...: or, 
* 
prosper 53:1 report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing? t 53:3 we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of 
RK 
faces from him, or, from us + 53:5 wounded: or, tormented § 53:5 stripes: Heb. bruise 53:6 laid...: Heb, made the iniquity 


ofusalltomeetonhim tT 53:8 from prison...: or, away by distress and judgment: but, etc +4 53:8 was he...: Heb. was the stroke 
upon him 


Isaiah 53:10 564 Isaiah 55:10 


his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was 
any deceit in his mouth.S$ 

10q Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul 
an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall 


prosper in his hand.*** 11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge 
shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12Therefore will I divide him 
a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his 
soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made 
intercession for the transgressors. 


54 

1Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not 
travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith 
the LORD. ?Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: 
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand 
and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 
4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to 
shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy 
widowhood any more. ° For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy 


Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.” 

6For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when 
thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will 
I gather thee. § Ina little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness 
will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. ° For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for 
as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would 
not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 1° For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; 
but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith 
the LORD that hath mercy on thee. 

11 q 0 thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair 
colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. }2 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy 
gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the 
LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou 
shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against 
thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and 
that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 

17 q No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against 
thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their 
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. 


55 
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and 
eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, 


and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.” 3 Incline your ear, and come 
unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure 
mercies of David. 4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the 
people. 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall 
run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 

6 q Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked 
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will 
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.t* 

8 q For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as 
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than 
your thoughts. 1° For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, 





RK * * 
88 53:9 death: Heb. deaths 53:10 thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering 54:5 Maker: Heb. Makers 55:2 spend: 
Heb. weigh t 55:7 the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity + 55:7 abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon 


Isaiah 55:11 565 Isaiah 57:13 


but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread 
to the eater: 1! So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, 
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye 
shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before 
you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come 
up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for 
a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 


56 


1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my 


righteousness to be revealed.” 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold 
on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 

3 q Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD 
hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For 
thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, 
and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place 
and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not 
be cut off. © Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love 
the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and 
taketh hold of my covenant; ’ Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my 
house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine 
house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts 
of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.t 

9q All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 19 His watchmen are 
blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to 
slumber.* 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot 
understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.8** 12 Come ye, say 
they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, 
and much more abundant. 


1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none 
considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come." 2He shall enter into peace: they 
shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.*§ 

3q But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against 
whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye 
not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, > Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green 
tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?** 6 Among the smooth stones of 
the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou 
hast offered a meat offering. Should! receive comfort in these? 7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast 
thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. 8 Behind the doors also and the posts 
hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone 
up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where 
thou sawest it.tt## 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, 
and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.88 1° Thou art wearied in 
the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; 
therefore thou wast not grieved.*** 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast 
lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and 
thou fearest me not? 121 will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. 

13. q When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity 
shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy 





* 56:1 judgment: or, equity t 56:8 beside...: Heb. to his gathered + 56:10 sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep 
8 s6:11 greedy: Heb. strong of appetite a 56:11 can...: Heb. know not to be satisfied 7 57:1 merciful...: Heb. men of kindness, 
or, godliness t 57:1 from...: or, from that which is evil t 57:2 enter into: or, go in § 57:2 in his...: or, before him = 57:5 
with...: or, among the oaks tt 57:8 made...: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs + 57:8 where...: or, thou providedst room 


RK 
88 57:9 thou... or, thou respectedst 57:10 life: or, living 


Isaiah 57:14 566 Isaiah 59:6 


mountain; !4 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of 
the way of my people. 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is 
Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive 
the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. !©For I will not contend for ever, 
neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 

17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he 
went on frowardly in the way of his heart.ttt 181 have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead 
him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 191 create the fruit of the lips; Peace, 
peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. 2°But the wicked 
are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. #1 There is no peace, 
saith my God, to the wicked. 


1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and 
the house of Jacob their sins.” 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that 
did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; 
they take delight in approaching to God. 

3q Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and 
thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.t 
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye 
do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.* 51s it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a 
man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under 
him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?§ © Is not this the fast that I have 
chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, 
and that ye break every yoke?” "tt 71s it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the 
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou 
hide not thyself from thine own flesh?## 

8 q Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and 
thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.8§ 9 Then shalt 
thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away 
from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 1° And if thou 
draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and 
thy darkness be as the noonday: !! And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in 
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, 
whose waters fail not.*** ttt 12 and they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt 
raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The 
restorer of paths to dwell in. 

13. q If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call 
the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own 
ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself 
in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the 
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 


59 

1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot 
hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face 
from you, that he will not hear.” 3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; 
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any 
pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 
5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that 
which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.t* 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall 





ttt 57:17 frowardly: Heb. turning away . 58:1 aloud: Heb. with the throat t 58:3 labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve 
others: Heb. griefs t 58:4 ye shall...: or, ye fast not as this day 8 58:5 a day...: or, to afflict his soul for a day? a 58:6 the 
heavy...: Heb. the bundles of the yoke tt 58:6 oppressed: Heb. broken +4 58:7 cast...: or, afflicted 8§ 58:8 be...: Heb. gather 
thee up a 58:11 drought: Heb. droughts Tt 58:11 fail: Heb. lie, or, deceive . 59:2 have hid: or, have made him hide 


zt 59:5 cockatrice’: or, adder’s + 59:5 crushed...: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper 


Isaiah 59:7 567 Isaiah 60:14 


they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is 
in their hands. ? Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts 
are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.8 8 The way of peace they know 
not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth 
therein shall not know peace.”* 

9q Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold 
obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 1° We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope 
as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 1! We 
roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but 
it is far off from us. 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against 
us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; }3 In transgressing and 
lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving 
and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice 
standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he 
that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there 


was no judgment. tt## 

16q And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm 
brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. !’ For he put on righteousness as 
a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for 
clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury 
to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.8§ 19 So shall 
they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the 


enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.*** 

20 q And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, 
saith the LORD. 2! As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon 
thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for 
ever. 


60 


1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.” 2For, behold, the 
darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and 
his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness 
of thy rising. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come 
to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 5 Then thou shalt 
see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea 
shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.t# 6 The multitude of 
camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they 
shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of Kedar 
shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come 
up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. Who are these that fly as a 
cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 

9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their 
silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, 
because he hath glorified thee. 1° And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings 
shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 
1 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may 
bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.8 12For the nation and 
kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13 The glory 
of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place 
of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 14The sons also of them that afflicted 
thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the 
soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 





aK 
§ 59:7 destruction: Heb. breaking 59:8 judgment: or, right tt 59:15 maketh...: or, is accounted mad +t 59:15 it 
RK * 
displeased...: Heb. it was evil in his eyes 88 so: deeds: Heb. recompences 59:19 lift...: or, put him to flight 60:1 
shine...: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh t 60:5 abundance...: or, noise of the sea shall be turned toward thee + 60:5 


forces: or, wealth § 60:11 forces: or, wealth 


Isaiah 60:15 568 Isaiah 62:9 


15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an 
eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 1®Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt 
suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
mighty One of Jacob. !’ For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, 
and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 18 Violence 
shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call 
thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for 
brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, 
and thy God thy glory. 2° Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for 
the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 21 Thy people 
also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of 
my hands, that I may be glorified. 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong 
nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. 


61 

1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings 
unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and 
the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and 
the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, 
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might 
be glorified. 

4q And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall 
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your 
flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. © But ye shall be named 
the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the 
Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 

74 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore 
in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8 For I the LORD love 
judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make 
an everlasting covenant with them. 9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their 
offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which 
the LORD hath blessed. 

10] will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with 
the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh 
himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.” 1 For as the earth bringeth 
forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD 
will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. 


62 

1 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the 
righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And 
the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new 
name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand 
of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; 
neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land 
Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.*t 

5 q For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom 
rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.* 

6] have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: 
ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,§ 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till 
he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” 8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm 
of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the 
stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:tt 9 But they that have gathered 





* * 
61:10 decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest 62:4 Hephzi-bah: that is, My delight is in her t 62:4 Beulah: that is, Married 
ct 
# 62:5 as the...: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom § 62:6 make...: or, are the LORD’s remembrancers 62:7 rest: Heb. silence 
tt 62:8 Surely...: Heb. IfI give, etc 


Isaiah 62:10 569 Isaiah 64:7 


it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts 
of my holiness. 

10q Go through, go through the gates; prepare 

ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for 
the people. 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of 
Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.** 12 And 
they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought 
out, A city not forsaken. 


63 


1who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his 


apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” 
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 31 
have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in 
mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and 
I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed 
is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: 
therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. © And I will tread down 
the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the 
earth. 

7 q I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all 
that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath 
bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 
8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. 9 In all their 
affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he 
redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 

10 q But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he 
fought against them. !! Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is 
he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy 
Spirit within him?t 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the 
water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 That led them through the deep, as an 
horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? !4 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the 
Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. 

15 ¢ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: 
where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are 
they restrained?* 16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel 
acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting § 

1740 LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? 
Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 The people of thy holiness have 
possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are thine: thou 


never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.” 


64 

10h that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might 
flow down at thy presence, ? As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to 
make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!” 3 When 
thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at 
thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, 
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.t 
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: 
behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 

6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade 
as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon 





* 

+H 62:11 work: or, recompence 63:1 glorious: Heb. decked t 63:11 shepherd: or, shepherds # 63:15 the sounding: or, 
aK 

the multitude § 63:16 our redeemer...: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name 63:19 they...: Heb. thy name was not 


* 
called upon them 64:2 the melting...: Heb. the fire of meltings t 64:4 seen...: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for 
him, etc 


Isaiah 64:8 570 Isaiah 65:25 


thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast 


consumed us, because of our iniquities.*§ ’ But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and 
thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 


9 q Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech 
thee, we are all thy people. 1° Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a 
desolation. 1! Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with 
fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? 
wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? 


65 


1T am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold 
me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 21 have spread out my hands all the 
day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 3A 
people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth 
incense upon altars of brick;* 4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which 
eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;t 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come 
not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the 
day.* © Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense 
into their bosom, ” Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which 
have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure 
their former work into their bosom. 

8q Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a 
blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. ° And I will bring 
forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit 
it, and my servants shall dwell there. !° And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a 
place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 

11 q But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for 
that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.S** 12 Therefore will I number you 
to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; 
when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted 
not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: 
behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall 
be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and 
shall howl for vexation of spirit.1t 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the 
Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 1° That he who blesseth himself in 
the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the 
God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 

17 q For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, 
nor come into mind.## 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create 
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: 
and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 2° There shall be no 
more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an 
hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 And they shall build 
houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 2? They shall not 
build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of 
my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.8§ 23 They shall not labour in vain, 
nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with 
them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, 
I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: 
and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the 
LORD. 





* 

t 64:7 consumed: Heb. melted 8 64:7 because: Heb. by the hand 65:3 upon...: Heb. upon bricks t 65:4 broth: or, pieces 
aK 

t 65:5 nose: or, anger 8 65:1 troop: or, Gad 65:11 number: or, Meni, a pagan god tt 65:14 vexation: Heb. breaking 

+4 65:17 come...: Heb. come upon the heart 8§ 65:22 shall long...: Heb. shall make them continue long, or, shall wear out 


Isaiah 66:1 571 Isaiah 66:24 


66 
1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house 
that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, 
and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and 
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that 
sacrificeth a lamb, as ifhe cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as ifhe offered swine’s blood; 
he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul 


delighteth in their abominations. *t 41 also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon 
them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before 
mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.* 

5 q Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast 
you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they 
shall be ashamed. © A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that 
rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, 
she was delivered of a man child. § Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall 
the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion 
travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? 
saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.8 1° Rejoice ye with 
Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for 
her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, 


and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.”* 12For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend 
peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall 
be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so 
will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall 
rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward 
his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 

15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his 
anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. !° For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead 
with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify 
themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating 

swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.tT 
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; 
and they shall come, and see my glory. !9 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that 
escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, 
to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare 
my glory among the Gentiles. 2° And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD 
out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, 
to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean 
vessel into the house of the LORD.## 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the 
LORD. 2? For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith 
the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new 
moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith 
the LORD.SS 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed 
against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an 
abhorring unto all flesh. 





* 
66:3 lamb: or, kid t 66:3 burneth: Heb. maketh a memorial of t 66:4 delusions: or, devices § 66:9 not...: or, not beget? 


ok 
66:11 abundance: or, brightness tt 66:17 behind...: or, one after another + 66:20 litters: or, coaches §§ 66:23 from 
one new...: Heb. from new moon to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath 


Jeremiah 1:1 572 Jeremiah 2:12 


The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 


1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of 
Benjamin: ?To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, 
in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of 
Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying 
away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 

4Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, > Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; 
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and1 ordained thee a prophet unto the 
nations.” Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for lama child. 

7q But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I ama child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, 
and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to 
deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the 
LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 1° See, I have this day set thee over the 
nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to 
build, and to plant. 

11q Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I 
see arod of an almond tree. !2Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my 
word to perform it. 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest 
thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.t 14 Then the LORD 
said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.* 1 For, 
lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and 
they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls 
thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And I will utter my judgments against them 
touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and 
worshipped the works of their own hands. 

17q Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not 
dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.$ 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a 
defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, 
against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they 
shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to 
deliver thee. 


2 

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when 
thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.” 3 Israel was holiness unto the 
LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, 
saith the LORD. 4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of 
Israel: 

5q Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, 
and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? © Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought 
us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, 
through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, 
and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the 
goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.t 
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors 
also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not 

rofit. 

. 9q Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I 
plead. !°For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and 
see if there be such a thing.* 1 Hatha nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people 
have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be 





* 
1:5 ordained: Heb. gave t 1:13 toward...: Heb. from the face of the north + 1:14 shall...: Heb. shall be opened § 1:17 


* 
confound: or, break to pieces 2:2 thee: or, for thy sake t 2:7 a plentiful...: or, the land of Carmel t 2:10 over: or, over to 


Jeremiah 2:13 573 Jeremiah 3:4 


horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they 
have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can 
hold no water. 

14q Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?§ 15 The young lions roared upon 
him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.** 16 Also the 
children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.tt 17 Hast thou not procured this 
unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now 
what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the 
way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy 
backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast 
forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 

20q For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; 
when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.** 21 Yet 1 
had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant 
of a strange vine unto me? 22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine 
iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. 23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not 
gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary 
traversing her ways;S8 24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; 
in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month 


they shall find her.***ttt###4888 25 withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: 
but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.” 26 As the 
thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, 
and their priests, and their prophets, 27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou 
hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of 
their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.t# 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? 
let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities 
are thy gods, 0 Judah.§ 

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. 3°In 
vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your 
prophets, like a destroying lion. 

31 q O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of 


darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?”” 32Can a maid 
forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 
34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret 
search, but upon all these.tt 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from 
me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. 3 Why gaddest thou about 
so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy 
confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. 


| 
1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he 
return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with 
many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.” 2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see 
where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; 
and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers 


have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou 
refusedst to be ashamed. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of 





§ 2:14 spoiled: Heb. become a spoil? si 2:15 yelled: Heb. gave out their voice tt 2:16 have...: or, feed on thy crown +4 2:20 

transgress: or, serve §§ 2:23 thou art...: or, O swift dromedary ici 2:24 A wild...: or, O wild ass, etc ttt 2:24 used: Heb. 

taught #4 2:24 her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart S88 9:4 turn... or, reverse it? ° 2:25 There...: or, Is the case 

desperate? t 2:27 brought...: or, begotten me + 2:27 their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck § 2:28 trouble: Heb. evil 
2:31 We are...: Heb. We have dominion tt 2:34 secret...: Heb. digging ‘a 3:1 They say: Heb. Saying 


Jeremiah 3:5 574 Jeremiah 4:7 


my youth? 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken 
and done evil things as thou couldest. 

6q The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding 
Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath 
played the harlot. 7 And! said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned 
not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding 
Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister 
Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness 


of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.t 
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but 
feignedly, saith the LORD.* 1! And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself 
more than treacherous Judah. 

12 q Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith 
the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I 
will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against 
the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have 
not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. !4Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for Iam married 
unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 45 And I will 
give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the 
LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: 


neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.8** 17 at 
that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto 
it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of 
their evil heart.tt 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they 
shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto 


your fathers, *#8$ 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, 
a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and! said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn 


away from me.” ttt### 

20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with 
me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.S8§ 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and 
supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the 
LORD their God. 2? Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come 
unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from 
the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 For shame hath 
devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their 
daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the 
LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice 
of the LORD our God. 


4 

11f thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine 
abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, 
in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him 
shall they glory. 

3q For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow 
not among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye 
men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can 
quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather 
together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. © Set up the standard 


toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.*t 7 The lion 





t 3:9 lightness: or, fame t 3:10 feignedly: Heb. in falsehood $ 3:16 come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart si 3:16 that...: 
or, it be magnified tt 3:17 imagination: or, stubbornness #4 3:18 with: or, to 8§ 3:18 given...: or, caused your fathers to 
possess a 3:19 from me: Heb. from after me Tit 3:19 a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty Ht 3:19 pleasant...: 
Heb. land of desire 888 3:20 husband: Heb. friend ‘ 4:6 retire: or, strengthen t 4:6 destruction: Heb. breaking 


Jeremiah 4:8 575 Jeremiah 5:8 


is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his 
place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 8 For this 
gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from 
us. ° And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and 
the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. !°Then 
said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall 
have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. 11 At that time shall it be said to this people 
and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, 
not to fan, nor to cleanse, !2 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give 
sentence against them.*§ 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: 
his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. 140 Jerusalem, wash thine heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention 
to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out 
their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because 
she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these 
things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. 

19 q My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot 


hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.** 
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, 
and my curtains in a moment. 2! How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none 
understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 231 beheld the earth, 
and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 241 beheld the mountains, 
and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 251 beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the 
birds of the heavens were fled. 261 beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities 
thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. 2” For thus hath the 
LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. #8 For this shall the earth 
mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not 
repent, neither will I turn back from it. 2° The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and 
bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not 
a man dwell therein. 3° And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself 
with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with 
painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.tt 
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her 
first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, 
Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. 


5 


1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad 
places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and 
I will pardon it. 2? And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. 30 LORD, are not 
thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed 
them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they 
have refused to return. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not 
the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 51 will get me unto the great men, and will speak 
unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have 
altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. ® Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, 
and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth 
out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are 
increased.*t 

7 q How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no 
gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by 
troops in the harlots’ houses. § They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his 





a 
+ 4:12 a full...: or, a fuller wind than those § 4:12 give...: Heb. utter judgments 4:19 my very...: Heb. the walls of my heart 


* 
TT 4:30 face: Heb. eyes 5:6 evenings: or, deserts t 5:6 are increased: Heb. are strong 


Jeremiah 5:9 576 Jeremiah 6:11 


neighbour’s wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged 
on such a nation as this? 

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for 
they are not the LORD’s. !!For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously 
against me, saith the LORD. 12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil 
come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: !3 And the prophets shall become wind, and 
the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. !4 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of 
hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people 
wood, and it shall devour them. 1 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith 
the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, 
neither understandest what they say. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: 
they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall 
impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 18 Nevertheless in those days, 
saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. 

19q And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things 
unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your 
land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 

20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it inJudah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, 
and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:* 22 Fear ye 
not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound 
of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, 
yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? #3 But this people hath a 
revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us 
now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth 
unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 

25 q Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from 
you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set 
a trap, they catch men.$ 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they 


are become great, and waxen rich.** 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds 
of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of 
the needy do they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be 
avenged on such a nation as this? 

30 q A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;tt 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, 
and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the 
end thereof?## 


10 ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the 
trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, 


and great destruction. 21 have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.” 3The 
shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; 
they shall feed every one in his place. 4Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe 
unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. 5 Arise, and let us 
go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. 

6 q For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: 
this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.t 7 As a fountain casteth out 
her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually 
is grief and wounds. 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee 
desolate, a land not inhabited.* 

9q Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn 
back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets. 19To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that 
they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the 
LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 1! Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I 





KK 
# 5:21 understanding: Heb. heart § 5:26 they lay...: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait 5:27 cage: or, coop tt 5:30 A 
* 
wonderful...: or, Astonishment and filthiness + 5:31 bear...: or, take into their hands 6:2 comely: or, dwelling at home t 6:6 
cast...: or, pour out the engine of shot t 6:8 depart: Heb. be loosed, or, disjointed 


Jeremiah 6:12 577 Jeremiah 7:16 


am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young 
men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. 
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out 
my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. !3 For from the least of them even unto the 
greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every 
one dealeth falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, 
Peace, peace; when there is no peace.8 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? 
nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that 
fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. !©Thus saith the LORD, Stand 
ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall 
find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, 
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 

18 q Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: 
behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not 
hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 To what purpose cometh there to me 
incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, 
nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 2! Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks 
before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his 
friend shall perish. 22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a 
great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they 
are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth 

like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 
24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as 
of a woman in travail. 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy 
and fear is on every side. 

26 q O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee 
mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. 
271 have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. 
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked 
are not plucked away. 3° Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.”* 


7 

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, 
and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these 
gates to worship the LORD. 3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and 
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple 
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5For if ye throughly amend 
your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; ° If 
ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, 
neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land 
that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 

8 q Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. ? Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, 
and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 1° And 
come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to 


do all these abominations?* 11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in 
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. !? But go ye now unto my place which was in 
Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 
13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early 
and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; !4 Therefore will I do unto this 
house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to 
your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. 45 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your 
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. 

16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make 
intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. 





aK * 
§ 6:14 hurt: Heb. bruise, or, breach 6:30 Reprobate...: or, Refuse silver 7:10 which...: Heb. whereupon my name is called 


Jeremiah 7:17 578 Jeremiah 8:10 


17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children 
gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the 


queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.t 
19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of 
their own faces? 2°Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured 
out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of 
the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. 

21q Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, 
and eat flesh. 2? For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought 


them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:* 23 But this thing commanded 
Ithem, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the 
ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24But they hearkened not, nor inclined 
their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and 


not forward.8** 25 since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day 
I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26 Yet 
they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their 
fathers. 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: 
thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. 28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a 
nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, 
and is cut off from their mouth.*t 

29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the 
LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. 3° For the children of Judah have done 
evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my 
name, to pollute it. 31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son 
of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither 
came it into my heart.++ 

32q Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the 
valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no 
place. 33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of 
the earth; and none shall fray them away. 34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from 
the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and 
the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. 


1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of 
his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all 
the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have 
walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, 
nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. 3 And death shall be chosen rather 
than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither 
I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. 

4q Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall 
he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual 
backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. ©I hearkened and heard, but they spake not 
aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his 
course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed 
times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people 
know not the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? 


Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.” 9 The wise men are ashamed, they 
are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?t# 
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for 
every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto 





t 7:18 queen...: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven + 7:22 concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of § 7:24 imagination: 
KK 
or, stubbornness 7:24 went: Heb. were tt 7:28 correction: or, instruction + 7:31 came...: Heb. came it upon my 
* 
heart 8:8 in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood t 8:9 The wise...: or, Have they been ashamed, 


etc + 8:9 what...: Heb. the wisdom of what thing 


Jeremiah 8:11 579 Jeremiah 9:18 


the priest every one dealeth falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people 
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. !2 Were they ashamed when they had committed 
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall 
among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.S 

13.q I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on 
the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 
M4 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent 
there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we 
have sinned against the LORD.** 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, 
and behold trouble! 16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the 
sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that 
is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.tt 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among 
you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. 

18 q When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.*++ 19 Behold the voice of 
the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in 
Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with 
strange vanities?§§ 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. 2! For the hurt 
of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 2? Is there no 
balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people 
recovered?*** 


10h that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for 
the slain of the daughter of my people!* 20h that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring 
men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of 
treacherous men. 3? And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for 
the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will 
utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.t 5 And they will deceive every one 
his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary 
themselves to commit iniquity.* Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse 
to know me, saith the LORD. 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and 
try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it 
speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his 
wait.S** 

9q Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a 
nation as this? !°For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the 
wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither 
can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are 
gone.tt##8$§ 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of 
Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.*** 

12q Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD 
hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that 
none passeth through? 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before 
them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; 14 But have walked after the imagination 
of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:tTt 15 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give 
them water of gall to drink. 161 will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their 
fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. 

17q Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may 
come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: }8 And let them make haste, and take up a 





§ 8:12 I will...: or, In gathering I will consume - 8:14 gall: or, poison tt 8:16 all...: Heb. the fulness thereof +t 8:18 in: 
Heb. upon 88 8:19 them... Heb. the country of them that are far off sii 8:22 recovered: Heb. gone up? sf 9:1 Oh...: Heb. 
Who will give my head, etc t 9:4 neighbour: or, friend + 9:5 deceive: or, mock § 9:8 in heart: Heb. in the midst of him 
9:8 his wait: or, wait for him tt 9:10 habitations: or, pastures + 9:10 burned up: or, desolate §§ 9:10 both...: Heb. 


KKK 
from the fowl even to, etc 9:11 desolate: Heb. desolation ttt 9:14 imagination: or, stubbornness 


Jeremiah 9:19 580 Jeremiah 10:22 


wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. 19 For 
a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we 
have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. 2° Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye 
women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every 
one her neighbour lamentation. 2! For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our 
palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. 22 Speak, Thus saith 
the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the 
harvestman, and none shall gather them. 

23q Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory 
in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he 
understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and 
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. 

25 q Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the 
uncircumcised;*## 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that 
are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all 
the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.88§ 


1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the LORD, 
Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are 
dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, 


the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.” 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they 
fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak 
not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do 
evil, neither also is it in them to do good. © Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art 
great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it 
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none 
like unto thee. 8 But they are altogether brutish 


and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.* 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, 
and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple 
is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. 1°But the LORD is the true God, he is the 
living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be 


able to abide his indignation.8**tt 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the 
heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. 12 He 
hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched 
out the heavens by his discretion. 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the 
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with 


rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.+#88 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: 
every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no 


breath in them.*** 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall 
perish. 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of 
his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. 

17q Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.t tT 18 For thus saith the LORD, 
Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may 
find it so. 

194 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 
20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are 
not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 21 For the pastors are 
become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks 
shall be scattered. 2? Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north 
country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. 





+44 9:25 punish: Heb. visit upon §8§ 9:26 in the utmost...: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled 

10:3 customs...: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity t 10:7 to...: or, it liketh thee t 10:8 altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once 
KK 

§ 10:10 true...: Heb. God of truth 10:10 living God: Heb. living Gods tt 10:10 everlasting...: Heb. king of eternity + 10:13 


KK 
multitude: or, noise §§ 10:13 with: or, for 10:14 brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know ttt 10:17 
inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress 


Jeremiah 10:23 581 Jeremiah 12:2 


234 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his 
steps. 240 LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.**# 
25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on 
thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his 
habitation desolate. 


11 

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and 
speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 And say thou unto them, Thus 
saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 4 Which 
I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron 
furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my 
people, and I will be your God: 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, 
to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be 
it, O LORD.” ®Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in 
the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. ’ For I earnestly 
protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this 
day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, 
but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the 
words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.t 9 And the LORD said 
unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 
10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and 
they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my 
covenant which I made with their fathers. 

11q Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able 
to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.* !2Then shall the cities of 
Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they 
shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.8 13 For according to the number of thy cities were 
thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that 
shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.”” 1 Therefore pray not thou for this people, 
neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for 
their trouble.tt 15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with 
many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.##§8 16 The 
LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he 
hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. !7 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, 
hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which 
they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. 

18q And the LORD hath given me knowledge ofit, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. 
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised 
devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from 
the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.*** 2° But, O LORD of hosts, that 
judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto 
thee have I revealed my cause. 2! Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy 
life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: 2? Therefore thus 
saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons 
and their daughters shall die by famine:ttt 23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring 
evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. 


12 
1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: 
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very 


treacherously?” 2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth 





Ht 10:24 bring...: Heb. diminish me ud 11:5 So...: Heb. Amen t 11:8 imagination: or, stubbornness # 11:11 to escape: Heb. 
to go forth of § 11:12 trouble: Heb. evil cs 11:13 shameful...: Heb. shame tt 11:14 trouble: Heb. evil +t 11:15 What...: 
Heb. What is to my beloved in my house 8§ 11:15 when...: or, when thy evil is ee 11:19 the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread 
Tt 11:22 punish: Heb. visit upon . 12:1 talk...: or, reason the case with thee 


Jeremiah 12:3 582 Jeremiah 13:14 


fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.t 3 But thou, 0 LORD, knowest me: thou 
hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare 
them for the day of slaughter.+ 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, 
for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they 
said, He shall not see our last end. 

5 ¢ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend 
with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou 
do in the swelling of Jordan? For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt 
treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they 


speak fair words unto thee.S** 

7q I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul 
into the hand of her enemies.tt 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against 
me: therefore have I hated it.+* 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about 


are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.88*** 19 Many pastors 
have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant 
portion a desolate wilderness.ttt 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto 
me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. 12 The spoilers are come upon 
all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the 
land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. 13 They have sown wheat, but shall 
reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your 
revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.*¥# 

14q Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have 
caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house 
of Judah from among them. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, 
and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man 
to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by 
my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the 
midst of my people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith 
the LORD. 


13 

1Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it 
not in water. 2So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. 3 And the 
word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is 
upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went, and hid 
it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. © And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD 
said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide 
there. 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: 
and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 8Then the word of the LORD came 
unto me, saying, ? Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great 
pride of Jerusalem. 1° This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination 
of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this 


girdle, which is good for nothing.” 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused 
to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they 
might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not 
hear. 

12q Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle 
shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall 
be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the 
inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, 
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another, 





t 12:2 they grow: Heb. they go on t 12:3 toward...: Heb. with thee § 12:6 they have called...: or, they cried after thee full 
ys y 8 y y 'y 
2K 
12:6 fair...: Heb. good things tt 12:7 the dearly...: Heb. the love + 12:8 crieth...: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice 
RK 
§§ 12:9 speckled: or, taloned 12:9 come to: or, cause them to come to ttt 12:10 pleasant...: Heb. portion of desire 
Pp’ P. P 


* 
+t 12:13 they shall: or, ye shall 13:10 imagination: or, stubbornness 


Jeremiah 13:15 583 Jeremiah 14:16 


even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but 
destroy them.t* 

15 q Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your 
God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye 
look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear 
it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with 
tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive. 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble 
yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.S 19 The 
cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all 
of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 2° Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the 
north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 What wilt thou say when he shall 
punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take 
thee, as a woman in travail?”" 

22 q And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of 
thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.tt 23 Can the Ethiopian change his 
skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.¥# 24 Therefore 
will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is thy lot, 
the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in 
falsehood. 2° Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. 271 have 
seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on 


the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once 
be?8$§ 


14 

1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.” 2 Judah mourneth, and the 
gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their 
nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned 
with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the 
ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their 
heads. 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. © And the wild 
asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because 
there was no grass. 

74 0 LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our 
backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. 8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in 
time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth 
aside to tarry for a night? 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot 


save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.t 

10q Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained 
their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit 
their sins. Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. }2 When they fast, I 
will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but 
I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. 

13 q Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, 
neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14 Then the LORD said 
unto me, The prophets prophesy 

lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they 
prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them 
not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets 
be consumed. 1¢ And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem 
because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor 
their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 





if 13:14 one...: Heb. a man against his brother + 13:14 but...: Heb. from destroying them § 13:18 principalities: or, head 
ct 
tires 13:21 punish: Heb visit upon tt 13:22 made...: or, shall be violently taken away +t 13:23 accustomed: Heb. taught 
* 
88 13.27 when... Heb. after when yet? 14:1 the dearth: Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints t 14:9 we...: Heb. thy 


name is called upon us + 14:13 assured...: Heb. peace of truth 


Jeremiah 14:17 584 Jeremiah 15:21 


174 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, 
and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very 
grievous blow. !8If1 go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if enter into the 
city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into 
a land that they know not.8 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast 
thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the 
time of healing, and behold trouble! 2° We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of 
our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. 21 Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace 
the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 2? Are there any among the vanities 
of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our 
God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. 


15 


1Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not 
be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if 
they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such 
as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to 
the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, 
saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of 
the earth, to devour and destroy.” 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, 
because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.t 5 For who 
shall have pity upon thee, 0 Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how 
thou doest?* Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch 
out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. 7 And I will fan them with a 
fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return 
not from their ways.8 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought 
upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon 
it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.** 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up 
the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the 
residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. 

104 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the 
whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them 
doth curse me. 1! The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy 
to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.tt 12 shall iron break the northern 
iron and the steel? 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that 
for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. 14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land 
which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. 


154 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me 
not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, 
and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by 
thy name, O LORD God of hosts.## 171 sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone 
because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my 
wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters 
that fail?88 

19q Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand 
before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return 
unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 2° And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen 
wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to 
save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, 
and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. 





* 

§ 14:18 go about...: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not 15:3 kinds: Heb. families t 15:4 cause...: 
KK 

Heb. give them for a removing t 15:5 how...: Heb. of thy peace? 8 15:7 children: or, whatsoever is dear 15:8 the mother...: 

or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc, or, the mother and the young men tt 15:11 cause...: or, intreat the enemy for thee 


+4 15:16 Iam...: Heb. thy name is called upon me §§ 15:18 fail: Heb. be not sure? 


Jeremiah 16:1 585 Jeremiah 17:8 


16 

1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither 
shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and 
concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, 
and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they 
shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the 
earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for 
the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. 5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the 
house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this 
people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.” Both the great and the small shall die in 
this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make 
themselves bald for them: 7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them 
for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their 


mother.t 8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. 9 For 
thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your 
eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and 
the voice of the bride. 

10q And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say 
unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? 
or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 1! Then shalt thou say unto them, 
Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have 
served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12 And ye 
have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil 
heart, that they may not hearken unto me:* 13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that 
ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I 
will not shew you favour. 

14q Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, 
that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 5 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up 
the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: 
and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 

16 q Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will 
I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and 
out of the holes of the rocks. 1” For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, 
neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin 
double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their 
detestable and abominable things. 190 LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day 
of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our 
fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. 2° Shall a man make gods unto 
himself, and they are no gods? 2! Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause 
them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.S 


17 


1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon 


the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;* 2 Whilst their children remember 

their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. 30 my mountain in the field, 
I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all 
thy borders. 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will 
cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in 
mine anger, which shall burn for ever.t 

5 q Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and 
whose heart departeth from the LORD. © For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not 
see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not 
inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall 
be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when 





16:5 mourning: or, mourning feast t 16:7 tear...: or, break bread for them + 16:12 imagination: or, stubbornness § 16:21 


* 
The LORD: or, JEHOVAH 17:1 point: Heb. nail i 17:4 thyself: Heb. in thyself 


Jeremiah 17:9 586 Jeremiah 18:14 


heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall 
cease from yielding fruit.+ 

9q The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 1°I the LORD 
search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the 
fruit of his doings. '! As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, 
and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.§ 

12q A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 130 LORD, the hope 
of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the 
earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. 14Heal me, O LORD, and I 
shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 

15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. 1° As for me, I have 
not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: 


that which came out of my lips was right before thee.”* 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope 
in the day of evil. 18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let 
them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them 
with double destruction.tt 

19q Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby 
the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 2° And say 
unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no 
burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 Neither carry forth a burden 
out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I 
commanded your fathers. 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, 
that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. #4 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken 
unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, 
but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city 
kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their 
princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. 2° And 
they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of 
Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, 
and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the 
LORD. 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even 
entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, 
and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. 


18 
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s 
house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, 


behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.” 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the 


hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.t# 
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, © O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this 
potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of 
Israel. 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and 
to pull down, and to destroy it; §If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, 
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. ° And at what instant I shall speak concerning 
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 1° If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not 
my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. 

1 q Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now 
every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 12 And they said, There is 
no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil 
heart. 13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: 
the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. 1 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which 





RK 
t 17:8 drought: or, restraint S 17:11 sitteth...: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth 17:16 to...: Heb. after 
* 
thee tt 17:18 destroy...: Heb. break them with a double breach 18:3 wheels: or, frames, or, seats t 18:4 of clay...: or, was 


marred, as clay in the hand of the potter + 18:4 made it...: Heb. returned and made, etc 


Jeremiah 18:15 587 Jeremiah 20:3 


cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be 


forsaken?§ 15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have 
caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; !°To 
make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, 
and wag his head. !71 will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the 
back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. 

18 q Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish 
from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite 


him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.** 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and 
hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 2° Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they 
have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn 
away thy wrath from them. 2! Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their 
blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let 
their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.tt 22 Let a cry be heard 
from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to 
take me, and hid snares for my feet. 23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: 
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before 


thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.++ 


19 
1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, 
and of the ancients of the priests; ? And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the 


entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,” 3 And say, Hear ye the word 
of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God 
of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. 
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto 
other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled 
this place with the blood of innocents; > They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their 
sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into 
my mind: © Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called 
Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. 7 And I will make void the 
counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their 
enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for 
the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. § And I will make this city desolate, and an 
hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. 
9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat 
every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that 
seek their lives, shall straiten them. 

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, "! And shalt say unto 
them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a 
potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no 
place to bury.t 12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and 
even make this city as Tophet: 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, 
shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned 
incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. !4Then came 
Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the 
LORD’s house; and said to all the people, 5 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I 
will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because 
they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words. 


1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, 
heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him 
in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. 3 And it came 





8 18:14 the snow..: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold 

ct * 
waters? 18:18 with...: or, for the tongue tt 18:21 pour...: Heb. pour them out + 18:23 to slay...: Heb. for death 19:2 
the east...: Heb. the sun gate t 19:11 be made...: Heb. be healed 


Jeremiah 20:4 588 Jeremiah 21:13 


to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto 


him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.” 4For thus saith the LORD, 
Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword 
of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of 
Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. 5 Moreover 
Twill deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, 
and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil 
them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. © And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house 
shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried 
there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. 

74 0 LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: 
Iam in derision daily, every one mocketh me.t For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; 
because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will 
not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning 
fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. 

10q For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. 
All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail 
against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.* 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible 
one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; 
for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. 12But,O LORD of hosts, 
that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto 
thee have I opened my cause. 13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the 
soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. 

14q Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making 
him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and 
let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; !” Because he slew me not from 
the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed 
with shame? 


1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur 
the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 2 Enquire, I pray thee, of 
the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD 
will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 

3q Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; 
Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king 
of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them 
into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and witha 
strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. © And I will smite the inhabitants of this 
city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will 
deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from 
the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, 
and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite 
them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. 

8q And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, 
and the way of death. ° He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by 
the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and 
his life shall be unto him for a prey. 1° For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, 
saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 

1 q And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD; !40 house of 
David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of 
the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of 


the evil of your doings.” 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, 





* 
20:3 Magor-missabib: that is, Fear round about t 20:7 was deceived: or, was enticed t 20:10 All...: Heb. Every man of my 


* 
peace 21:12 Execute: Heb. Judge 


Jeremiah 21:14 589 Jeremiah 22:30 


saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?t 
M4 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in 
the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.* 


22 
1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 2 And 
say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy 
servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment 
and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no 
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. 4For if 
ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne 


of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.” 5 But if ye will not hear 
these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. © For thus 
saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet 
surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. 7 And I will prepare destroyers 
against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them 
into the fire. And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, 
Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? 9Then they shall answer, Because they have 
forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. 


10 q Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he 
shall return no more, nor see his native country. !! For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son 
of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; 
He shall not return thither any more: 12But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, 
and shall see this land no more. 

13 q Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that 
useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; !4 That saith, I will build 
me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and 
painted with vermilion.t* 15 shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father 
eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the 
poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. !7 But thine eyes 
and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, 
and for violence, to do it.8 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament 
for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast 
forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 

20 4 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy 
lovers are destroyed. 211 spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath 
been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.** 22 The wind shall eat up all thy 
pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for 
all thy wickedness. 23 0 inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt 
thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! Tt 24 As I live, saith the LORD, 
though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I 
pluck thee thence; 25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand 
of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the 
hand of the Chaldeans. 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, 
where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 2” But to the land whereunto they desire to return, 
thither shall they not return.** 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is 
no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know 
not? 290 earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. 3° Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man 
childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon 
the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. 





* 

t 21:13 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress t 21:14 punish: Heb. visit upon 22:4 upon...: Heb. for David upon his throne t 22:14 
a 

large: Heb. through-aired # 22:14 windows: or, my windows § 99:17 violence: or, incursion 22:21 prosperity: Heb. 


prosperities tt 22:23 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress +t 22:27 desire: Heb. lift up their mind 


Jeremiah 23:1 590 Jeremiah 23:32 


23 

1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. 
2Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered 
my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of 
your doings, saith the LORD. 3 And! will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither 
I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. 
4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be 
dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. 

5 q Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a 
King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah 
shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD 


OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more 
say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; ®But, The LORD 
liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and 
from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. 

9q Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken 
man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his 
holiness. 1° For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant 
places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.t* ™ For 
both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. 
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, 
and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. !3 And 
I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to 
err.S 14] have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and 
walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: 
they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.”” 15 Therefore thus 
saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make 
them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the 
land.tt 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy 
unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of 
the LORD. 17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and 
they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon 
you.* 18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who 
hath marked his word, and heard it?8§ 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a 
grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. 2° The anger of the LORD shall 
not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter 
days ye shall consider it perfectly. 211 have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to 
them, yet they prophesied. 2? But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear 
my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. 
23 Am 1a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places 
that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. 251 have heard 
what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How 
long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit 
of their own heart; 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they 
tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. 28 The prophet that 
hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What 
is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.*** 29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like 
a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 3° Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the 
LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith 
the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.ttt 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy 
false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their 





* 

23:6 THE LORD...: Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu t 23:10 swearing: or, cursing # 23:10 course: or, violence 8 93:13 folly: or, an 
aK 

absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury 23:14 an...: or, filthiness tt 23:15 profaneness: or, hypocrisy +4 23:17 imagination: or, 


RK 
stubbornness §§ 23:18 counsel: or, secret 23:28 that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc ttt 23:31 that...: or, that 
smooth their tongues 


Jeremiah 23:33 591 Jeremiah 25:10 


lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, 
saith the LORD. 

33 q And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of 
the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. 
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will 
even punish that man and his house.*## 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one 
to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken? 36 And the burden 
of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted 
the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What 
hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? 38 But since ye say, The burden of 
the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I 
have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD; 39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, 
will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast 
you out of my presence: 4° And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, 
which shall not be forgotten. 


1The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after 
that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of 
Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought 
them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other 
basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.” 3Then said the LORD unto 
me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that 
cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 

4q Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, >Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like 
these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent 
out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.t For I will set mine eyes upon them for 
good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will 
plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: 
and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole 
heart. 

8q And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I 
give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, 
and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: ° And 1 will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms 
of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I 
shall drive them.* 1° And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they 
be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. 


25 

1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim 
the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 2 The which 
Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 
3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three 
and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising 
early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants 
the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell 
in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: © And go not after 
other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your 
hands; and I will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might 
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. 

8 q Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, ? Behold, I will 
send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, 
my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all 
these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an 
hissing, and perpetual desolations. !° Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice 





* 
+44 23:34 punish: Heb. visit upon 24:2 they...: Heb. for badness i 24:5 them...: Heb. the captivity # 24:9 to be removed: 
Heb. for removing, or, vexation 


Jeremiah 25:11 592 Jeremiah 26:3 


of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and 


the light of the candle.* 1 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these 
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 

12q And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king 
of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and 
will make it perpetual desolations.t 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have 
pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against 
all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will 
recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. 

15q For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and 
cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 1 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be 
mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. !” Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and 
made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities 
of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, 
an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and 
all his people; 2° And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of 
the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, 
and Moab, and the children of Ammon, ”? And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and 
the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,* 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the 
utmost corners,§ 4 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in 
the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, *° And 
all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are 
upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 2” Therefore thou shalt 
say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, 
and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they 
refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, 
and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all 
the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.** 

30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar 
from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; 
he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise 
shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will 
plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 32 Thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised 
up from the coasts of the earth. 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the 
earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; 
they shall be dung upon the ground. 

34 q Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for 
the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant 
vessel.tt## 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.S§ 
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the 
LORD hath spoiled their pasture. 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce 
anger of the LORD. 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the 


. . a RR 
fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. 


1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from 
the LORD, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all 
the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee 
to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his 
evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their 





. 25:10 I will...: Heb. I will cause to perish from them t 25:12 punish: Heb. visit upon + 25:22 isles: or, region by the sea side 
§ 95:23 that..: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled os, 25:29 which...: Heb. upon which my name 
is called su 25:34 the days...: Heb. your days for slaughter +t 25:34 a pleasant...: Heb. a vessel of desire §§ 25:35 the 
shepherds...: Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc wis 25:38 desolate: Heb. a desolation 


Jeremiah 26:4 593 Jeremiah 27:8 


doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in 
my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I 
sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; © Then will I make 
this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 

7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the 
house of the LORD. 

8 q Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had 
commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people 
took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, 
This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people 
were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. 

10 q When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto 
the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house.” 11 Then spake 
the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; 
for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.t 

12 q Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to 
prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 13 Therefore now 
amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent 
him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. !4 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with 
me as seemeth good and meet unto you.* 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall 
surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for 
of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. 

16 q Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not 
worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. 17 Then rose up certain 
of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, !8 Micah the Morasthite 
prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus 
saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the 
mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all jadah put 
him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of 
the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.8 
20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah 
of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words 
of Jeremiah: 2! And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his 
words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and 
went into Egypt; 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, 
and certain men with him into Egypt. 23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him 
unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the 
common people.** 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that 
they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. 


1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto 
Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, ? Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put 
them upon thy neck,* 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king 
of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers 
which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4 And command them to say unto their masters, 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;t 51 have made 
the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched 
arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. © And now have I given all these lands into 
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given 
him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very 
time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 8 And it 
shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the 





* 
26:10 in the...: or, at the door t 26:11 This man...: Heb. The judgment of death is for this man # 26:14 as...: Heb. as it is good 
a 
and right in your eyes § 26:19 the LORD, and the: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc 26:23 common...: Heb. sons of the people 
27:2 saith...: or, hath the LORD said t 27:4 to say...: or, concerning their masters, saying 


Jeremiah 27:9 594 Jeremiah 28:14 


king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will 
I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have 
consumed them by his hand. 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to 
your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall 
not serve the king of Babylon:* 19 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; 
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 1! But the nations that bring their neck under 
the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the 
LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 

12 q I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks 
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou 
and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against 
the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the 
prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie 
unto you. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might 
drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.§ 16 Also I spake 
to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your 
prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house shall now shortly 
be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. !” Hearken not unto them; serve the 
king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they be prophets, and if 
the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the 
vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, 
go not to Babylon. 

19q For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning 
the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 2° Which Nebuchadnezzar 
king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah 
from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; #1 Yea, thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house 
of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until 
the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. 


1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the 
fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, 
spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 
2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of 
Babylon. 3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’s house, 
that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:” 4AndI 
will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, 
that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.t 

5 q Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and 
in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, ° Even the prophet Jeremiah 
said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring 
again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this 
place. 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the 
people; 8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many 
countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. ° The prophet which 
pore of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be 

nown, that the LORD hath truly sent him. 

10q Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it. 
1 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I 
break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two 
full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 
12 q Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet 
had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 
4For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all 





* 
t 27:9 dreamers: Heb. dreams 8 27:15 a lie: Heb. ina lie, or, lyingly 28:3 two...: Heb. two years of days t 28:4 captives: 





Heb. captivity 


Jeremiah 28:15 595 Jeremiah 29:26 


these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I 
have given him the beasts of the field also. 

15 q Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD 
hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 1° Therefore thus saith the LORD; 
Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught 


rebellion against the LORD.* 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. 


1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the 
residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to 
all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2 (After 
that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and 


the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)* 3 By the hand of Elasah the son 
of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all 
that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; ° Take ye wives, and 
beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that 
they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the 
peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for 
it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 

8q For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that 
be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 
°For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.t 

10q For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon] will visit you, and 
perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 1! For I know the thoughts 
that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected 
end.¥ 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be 
found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the 
nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again 
into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. 

15 q Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; !¢ Know that thus saith 
the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this 
city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; !” Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like 
vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the 
famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, 
to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I 
have driven them:S 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent 
unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith 
the LORD. 

20 q Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem 
to Babylon: 2! Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of 
Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them 
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 22 And of 
them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD 
make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 23 Because they 
have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have 
spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, 
saith the LORD. 

24 q Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,** 25 Thus speaketh the LORD 
of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that 
are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 2° The 
LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house 





* 
+ 28:16 rebellion: Heb. revolt 29:2 eunuchs: or, chamberlains t 29:9 falsely: Heb. ina lie + 29:11 expected...: Heb. end 


aK 
and expectation § 29:18 to be a curse: Heb. for a curse 29:24 Nehelamite: or, dreamer 


Jeremiah 29:27 596 Jeremiah 30:24 


of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in 
prison, and in the stocks. 2” Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which 
maketh himself a prophet to you? 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is 
long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 2° And Zephaniah 
the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 

30 q Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 3! Send to all them of the captivity, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath 
prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 32 Therefore thus saith 
the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to 
dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; 
because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.tt 


30 


1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, 
saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith 
the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and 1 
will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 


4q And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5 For thus 


saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.” 6 Ask ye now, and see 
whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a 
woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?" 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is 
like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 8For it shall come to pass in 
that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, 
and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and 
David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 


10q Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, 0 Israel: for, 
lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and 
shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. !1 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to 
save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full 
end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. !? For 
thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. 13 There is none to plead thy 
cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.* 1 All thy lovers have forgotten 
thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement 
of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. 15 Why criest thou 
for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were 
increased, I have done these things unto thee. 16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; 
and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be 
a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. !’ For I will restore health unto thee, and I 
will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, 
whom no man seeketh after. 

18q Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy 
on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain 
after the manner thereof. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that 
make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall 
not be small. 2° Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established 
before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 2! And their nobles shall be of themselves, and 
their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall 
approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 22 And 
ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with 
fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.""tt 24 The fierce 
anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of 
his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. 





* 
tt 29:32 rebellion: Heb. revolt 30:5 of fear...: or, there is fear, and not peace t 30:6 aman: Heb. a male t 30:13 that...: 


ct 
Heb. for binding up, or, pressing § 30:18 heap: or, little hill 30:23 continuing: Heb. cutting sil 30:23 fall...: or, remain 


Jeremiah 31:1 597 Jeremiah 31:32 


31 
lAt the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my 
people. 2Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; 
even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, | 


have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. *t 4 Again! 
will build thee, and thou shalt be built, 0 virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, 
and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.* 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the 
mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.8 © For there 
shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion 
unto the LORD our God. ’ For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among 
the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say,O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. 
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and 
with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: 
a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I 
lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not 


stumble: for Iam a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”* 

10 q Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that 
scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 1! For the LORD hath 
redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 12 Therefore they 
shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for 
wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be 
as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice 

in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will 
comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 1 And I will satiate the soul of the priests 
with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. 

15q Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel 
weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. !©Thus saith 
the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, 
saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. !’ And there is hope in thine 
end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 

18 q I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was 
chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art 
the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote 
upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 2° Is 
Ephraim my dear son? ishea pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him 
still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.*T 
21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which 
thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 

22 ¢ How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new 
thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 
As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again 
their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. 74 And there 
shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth 
with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. 2° Upon 
this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. 

27 q Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah 
with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched 
over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will 
watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. 29 In those days they shall say no more, The 
fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. 3° But every one shall die for 
his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 

31q Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, 
and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day 
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, 





* 
31:3 of...: Heb. from afar t 31:3 with lovingkindness...: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee + 31:4 tabrets: or, timbrels 
a 
§ 31:5 eat...: Heb. profane them 31:9 supplications: or, favours tt 31:20 are...: Heb. sound 


Jeremiah 31:33 598 Jeremiah 32:21 


although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:*# 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will 
make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach 
no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall 
all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their 
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 

35 q Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon 
and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of 
hosts is his name: 3¢ If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel 
also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can 
be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of 
Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 

38 q Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower 
of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. 39 And the measuring line 

shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 4° And the 
whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the 
corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor 
thrown down any more for ever. 


1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which 
was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. ? For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: 
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s 
house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, 
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take 
it; 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be 
delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes 
shall behold his eyes; 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, 
saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. 

6q And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7 Behold, Hanameel the son of 
Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right 
of redemption is thine to buy it. 8So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison 
according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, 
which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; 
buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. 9 And I bought the field of Hanameel 
my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.” 
10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the 
balances.t 11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law 
and custom, and that which was open: 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the 
son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of 
the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the 

rison. 
ae q And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 
Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is 
open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. 15For thus saith the LORD 
of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 

16 ¢ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed 
unto the LORD, saying, !7 AhLord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great 
power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:* 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness 
unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after 
them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, !9 Great in counsel, and mighty in 
work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to 
his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:8 20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of 
Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this 
day; 21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, 





* 
+H 31:32 although...: or, should I have continued an husband unto them? 32:9 seventeen...: or, seven shekels and ten pieces of 


silver t 32:10 subscribed...: Heb. wrote in the book + 32:17 too...: or, hid from thee § 32:19 work: Heb. doing 


Jeremiah 32:22 599 Jeremiah 33:7 


and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; 22 And hast given them 
this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; 
23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they 
have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil 
to come upon them: 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given 
into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of 
the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.** 25 And thou 
hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given 
into the hand of the Chaldeans. *t 

26 q Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 2” Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all 
flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city 
into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take 
it: 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with 
the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto 
other gods, to provoke me to anger. 3°For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only 
done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with 
the work of their hands, saith the LORD. 31For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger 
and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before 
my face,*# 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they 
have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, 
and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned unto me the back, 
and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened 
to receive instruction.S§ 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, 
to defile it. 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to 
cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them 
not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. 

36 q And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, 
It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the 
pestilence; 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, 
and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them 
to dwell safely: 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 And I will give them one 
heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after 
them:*** 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, 
to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.ttt 41 Yea, 
I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole 
heart and with my whole soul.*** 42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil 
upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. 4 And fields shall 
be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand 
of the Chaldeans. 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take 
witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in 
the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause 
their captivity to return, saith the LORD. 


Be) 


1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up 
in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, 
to establish it; the LORD is his name; 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and 
mighty things, which thou knowest not.* 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the 
houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the 
mounts, and by the sword; 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead 
bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have 
hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal 
unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity 





cot 
32:24 mounts: or, engines of shot tt 32:25 for the: or, though the + 32:31 a provocation...: Heb. for my anger §§ 39:33 


RK 
back: Heb. neck 32:39 for ever: Heb. all days tit 32:40 from them: Heb. from after them #44 32:41 assuredly: Heb. 
* 
in truth, or, stability 33:2 the LORD is: or, JEHOVAH, etc t 33:3 mighty: or, hidden 


Jeremiah 33:8 600 Jeremiah 34:7 


of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, 
whereby they have sinned against me; and 1 will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, 
and whereby they have transgressed against me. 

9q And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, 
which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness 
and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. 

10Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without 
man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, 
without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, 
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the 
LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the 
sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at 
the first, saith the LORD. 12Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without 
man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their 
flocks to lie down. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the 
south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall 
the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. 14 Behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of 
Israel and to the house of Judah. 

15q In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; 
and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. !¢In those days shall Judah be saved, 
and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our 
righteousness.* 

174 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of 
Israel;S 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to 
kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 

19q And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 2° Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break 
my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in 
their season; 2! Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have 
ason to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven 
cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my 
servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, 
saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD 
hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no 
more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if 1 
have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and 
David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and 
Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. 


34 


1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and 
all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against 


Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,” 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and 
speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the 
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, 
but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king 


of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.t 4 Yet hear 
the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by 
the sword: > But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which 
were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I 
have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. © Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto 
Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7 When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and 
against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced 
cities remained of the cities of Judah. 





$ 33:16 The LORD...: Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu § 33:17 David...: Heb. There shall not be cut off from David * 34:1 of his...: Heb. 
the dominion of his hand a. 34:3 he shall...: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth 


Jeremiah 34:8 601 Jeremiah 35:14 


8q This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a 
covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; °That every man 
should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; 
that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 1° Now when all the princes, and all 
the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and 
every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they 
obeyed, and let them go. 1! But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, 
whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. 

12 q Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 13 Thus saith the 
LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out 
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 14 At the end of seven years let ye go every 
man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, 
thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their 


ear.* 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his 


neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:8** 16 But 
ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, 
whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto 
you for servants and for handmaids. 1” Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, 
in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a 
liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you 
to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.tt 18 and I will give the men that have transgressed 
my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, 
when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 19 The princes of Judah, and 
the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed 
between the parts of the calf; 2°1 will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand 
of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to 
the beasts of the earth. 2! And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their 
enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, 
which are gone up from you. 24 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to 
this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of 
Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. 


1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 
of Judah, saying, 2Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the 
house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah 
the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house 
of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of 
Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above 
the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:* 5 And I set before the sons of 
the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. ® But they 
said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall 
drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant 
vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land 
where ye be strangers. 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all 
that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 9 Nor 
to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: !° But we have dwelt 
in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. " But it 
came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and 
let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so 
we dwell at Jerusalem. 

12 q Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive 
instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. !4The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that 
he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey 





KK 
+ 34:14 hath been...: or, hath sold himself § 34:15 now: Heb. to day 34:15 which...: Heb. whereupon my name is called 
* 
tt 34:17 to be...: Heb. for a removing 35:4 door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel 


Jeremiah 35:15 602 Jeremiah 36:24 


their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but 
ye hearkened not unto me. 151 have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early 
and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and 
go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to 
your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 16Because the sons of Jonadab 
the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but 
this people hath not hearkened unto me: 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of 
Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have 
pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called 
unto them, but they have not answered. 

18q And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 
Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, 
and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, 


the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.t 


36 

1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word 
came unto Jeremiah fromthe LORD, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words 
that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the 
day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah 
will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil 
way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: 
and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto 
him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into 
the house of the LORD: © Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my 
mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house upon the fasting day: and 
also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will 
present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is 


the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.” 8 And Baruch the son of 
Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words 
of the LORD in the LORD’s house. 

9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, 
that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that 
came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. !°Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah 
in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher 
court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.t 

11 q When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the 
words of the LORD, !2 Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all 
the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son 
of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 
13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book 
in the ears of the people. !4 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of 
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read 
in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came 
unto them. 15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their 
ears. 16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, 
and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, 
Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? !8 Then Baruch answered them, He 
pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then 
said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. 

20q And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama 
the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and 
he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the 
ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth 
month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi 
had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, 
until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent 





t 35:19 Jonadab...: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand, etc = 36:7 they...: Heb. their 


supplication shall fail t 36:10 entry: or, door 


Jeremiah 36:25 603 Jeremiah 37:20 


their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 2° Nevertheless 
Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the 
roll: but he would not hear them. 2¢ But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and 
Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the 
prophet: but the LORD hid them.* 

27 q Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the 
words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write 
in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. 
29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, 
saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy 
this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 3° Therefore thus saith the LORD of 
Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be 
cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and 
his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and 
upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.8 

32 q Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote 
therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had 


burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.** 


37 
1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. ? But neither he, nor his servants, 
nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet 


Jeremiah.” 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of 
Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. 4Now 
Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then 
Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard 
tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. 

6 q Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, ’ Thus saith the LORD, the 
God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, 
Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. § And the 
Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith 
the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall 
not depart.t 19 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and 
there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn 
this city with fire.* 

11 q And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for 
fear of Pharaoh’s army,§ !2 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, 


to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.** 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, 
a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; 
and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14 Then said Jeremiah, 
It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and 
brought him to the princes.tt 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, 
and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. 

16 q When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained 
there many days;** 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly 
in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou 
shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, 
What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me 
in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon 
shall not come against you, nor against this land? 2° Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the 
king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to 





# 36:26 of Hammelech: or, of the king 8 36:31 punish: Heb. visit upon is 36:32 like: Heb. as they a‘ 37:2 by...: Heb. by the 
hand of the prophet t 37:9 yourselves: Heb. your souls # 37:10 wounded: Heb. thrust through S 37:11 broken...: Heb. made 
to ascend nt 37:12 separate...: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people tt 37:14 false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie 
+ 37:16 cabins: or, cells 


Jeremiah 37:21 604 Jeremiah 38:25 


the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.8§ 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they 
should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of 
bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained 

in the court of the prison. 


38 

1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, 
and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 
2Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and 
shall live. 3Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s 
army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man 
be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the 
hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of 


this people, but the hurt.” 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is 
not he that can do any thing against you. © Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of 
Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with 
cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.t 

7q Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard 
that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebed-melech 
went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have 
done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; 
and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.¥ 19 Then 
the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and 
take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.§ 11 So Ebed-melech took the men 
with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts 
and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebed-melech 
the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes 
under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of 
the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 

14q Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that 
is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing 
from me.” 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put 
me to death? and if 1 give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah the king 
sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to 
death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto 
Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto 
the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and 
thou shalt live, and thine house: 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then 
shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt 
not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that 
are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 2° But Jeremiah 
said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: 
so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 2! But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that 
the LORD hath shewed me: 22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall 
be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee 
on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.tt 
23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape 
out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city 
to be burned with fire.*# 

24q Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 
25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, 
Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to 





§§ 37:20 let...: Heb. let my supplication fall * 38:4 welfare: Heb. peace t 38:6 of Hammelech: or, of the kin: t 38:9 he is 
ly Supp. Pp g 
RK 
like... Heb. he will die § 38:10 with thee: Heb. in thine hand 38:14 third: or, principal tt 38:22 Thy friends: Heb. Men 
of thy peace +4 38:23 thou shalt cause...: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc 


Jeremiah 38:26 605 Jeremiah 40:4 


death; also what the king said unto thee: 26Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication 
before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. 2” Then came 
all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the 
king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.S§ 28 So 
Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there 
when Jerusalem was taken. 


1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, 
in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And all the princes of the 
king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, 
Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. 

4q And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then 
they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt 
the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, 
and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to 


Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.” 
6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon 
slew all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to 


carry him to Babylon.t 

8q And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake 
down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into 
Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, 
with the rest of the people that remained.* 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the 
poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the 
same time.S** 

11 q Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the 
captain of the guard, saying,tt## 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do 
unto him even as he shall say unto thee.S$ 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and 


Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;"** 
M4 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah 
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. 

15 q Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, 
saying, 1° Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God 
of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be 
accomplished in that day before thee. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou 
shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver thee, 
and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put 
thy trust in me, saith the LORD. 


1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard 
had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried 


away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.” 2 And the 
captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil 
upon this place. 3Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have 
sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. 4 And 
now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto 
thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to 
come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and 





88 38:27 they...: Heb. they were silent from him r 39:5 gave...: Heb. spake with him judgments t 39:7 with...: Heb. with two 
brasen chains, or, fetters 39:9 captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen § 39:10 captain...: 
or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen sie 39:10 at the...: Heb. in that day tt 39:11 to: Heb. by 
the hand of + 39:11 captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen §§ 39:12 look...: Heb. set 


AK * 
thine eyes upon him 39:13 captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen 40:1 chains: or, 
manicles 


Jeremiah 40:5 606 Jeremiah 41:12 


convenient for thee to go, thither go.t# 5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to 
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over 
the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient 
unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. © Then 
went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that 
were left in the land. 

7q Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard 
that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed 
unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried 
away captive to Babylon; Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, 
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of 
Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. ? And Gedaliah 
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve 
the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 1° As for 
me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye 
wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have 
taken.§ 11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and 
that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he 
had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 12 Even all the Jews returned out 
of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and 
gathered wine and summer fruits very much. 

13 q Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, 
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, !4 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of 
the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 


believed them not.** 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, 
Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore 
should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the 
remnant in Judah perish? 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, 
Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. 


1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, 
of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son 
of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then arose Ishmael the 
son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the 
son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over 
the land. 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the 
Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. 4 And it came to pass the second day after he 
had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and 
from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut 
themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. ® And 
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: 
and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.” 7 And 
it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, 
and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 8 But ten men were found 
among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of 
barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit 
wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it 
which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled 
it with them that were slain.t 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that 
were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar- 
adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. 

11q But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard 
of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then they took all the men, and went to 





t 40:4 were...: or, are upon thine hand # 40:4 I will...: Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee S 40:10 to serve: Heb. to stand before 


ok * 
40:14 to slay...: Heb. to strike thee in soul? 41:6 weeping...: Heb. in going and weeping t 41:9 because...: or, near Gedaliah: 
Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah 


Jeremiah 41:13 607 Jeremiah 42:22 


fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13 Now 
it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and 
all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. !4So all the people that Ishmael 
had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of 
Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the 
Ammonites. !6Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with 
him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from 
Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, 
and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: 1’ And they departed, and 
dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, !8 Because of 
the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah 
the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. 


42 
1Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, 
and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, ? And said unto Jeremiah the 
prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the 


LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)* 
3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 
4Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your 
God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer 
you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The 
LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which 
the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. © Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the 
voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice 
of the LORD our God. 

7q And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called 
he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people 
from the least even to the greatest, ? And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto 
whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 1° If ye will still abide in this land, then will 
I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the 
evil that I have done unto you. 1! Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not 
afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12 And 
I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own 
land. 

13q But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, 
No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, 
nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 5 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye 
remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter 
into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; !6Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall 
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after 
you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.t 17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go 
into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none 
of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.* 18 For thus saith the LORD 
of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be 
an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. 

19q The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly 
that I have admonished you this day.S 2° For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the 
LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD 
our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.** 21 And now I have this day declared it to you; 
but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me 
unto you. 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.tt 





* 

42:2 Let...: or, Let our supplication fall before thee t 42:16 shall follow...: Heb. shall cleave after you + 42:17 So...: Heb. So 
a 

shall all the menbe § 42:19 admonished...: Heb. testified against you 42:20 ye dissembled...: or, ye have used deceit against 


your souls tt 42:22 to go...: or, to go to sojourn 


Jeremiah 43:1 608 Jeremiah 44:14 


43 

1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the 
words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 
2Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying 
unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt 
to sojourn there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the 
hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. 4So 
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice 
of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of 
the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been 
driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; ¢ Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, 
and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 So they came into the 
land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. 

8 q Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 Take great stones in 
thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in 
Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; !° And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 
God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set 
his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. '! And 
when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such 
as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. 12 And I will kindle a fire in 
the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall 
array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from 
thence in peace. }3 He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and 


the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.*t 
44 


1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which 
dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 Thus saith 
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, 
and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth 
therein, 3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that 
they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your 
fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, 
Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn 
from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. © Wherefore my fury and mine anger was 
poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted 
and desolate, as at this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; 
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and 
suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;* §In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works 
of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that 
ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the 
earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, 
and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which 
they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled 
even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before 
you and before your fathers.* 

11q Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you 
for evil, and to cut off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go 
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; 
they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto 
the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, 
anda curse, anda reproach. !3For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished 
Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, 
which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return 





* * 
43:13 images: Heb. statues, or, standing images t 43:13 Beth-shemesh: or, The house of the sun 44:7 out...: Heb. out of the 
midst of Judah t 44:9 wickedness...: Heb. wickednesses, or, punishments, etc t 44:10 humbled: Heb. contrite 


Jeremiah 44:15 609 Jeremiah 46:2 


into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return 
but such as shall escape.8 

15 q Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the 
women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, 
answered 

Jeremiah, saying, 1° As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will 
not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, 
to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, 
we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: 


for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil." tt 18 But since we left off to burn 
incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, 
and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. !9 And when we burned incense to the queen 
of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour 
out drink offerings unto her, without our men?** 

20 q Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people 
which had given him that answer, saying, 2! The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in 
the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, 
did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 So that the LORD could no longer 
bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; 
therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at 
this day. 23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have 
not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; 
therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, 
and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: 25 Thus saith 
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, 
and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn 
incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish 
your vows, and surely perform your vows. 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that 
dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall 
no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD 
liveth. 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are 
in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 
28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, 
and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose 
words shall stand, mine, or theirs.8§ 

29 q And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may 
know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: 3° Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give 
Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his 
life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and 
that sought his life. 


45 

1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake 

unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, 
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, ?Thus saith the LORD, the God 
of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my 
sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 

4q Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break 
down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. > And seekest thou great 
things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy 
life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. 


46 
1The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 2 Against Egypt, 
against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, 
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 





aK 
S 44:14 have..: Heb. lift up their soul 44:17 queen...: or, frame of heaven tt 44:17 victuals: Heb. bread + 44:19 men: 


or, husbands? §§ 44:28 mine...: Heb. from me, or, from them 


Jeremiah 46:3 610 Jeremiah 47:4 


of Judah. 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4 Harness the horses; and get 
up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. 
5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, 
and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.*T ¢Let not the swift flee 
away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 
7 who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8 Egypt riseth up like 
a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I 
will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let 
the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, 
that handle and bend the bow.?§ 1° For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, 
that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made 
drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river 
Euphrates. ! Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use 
many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.** 

12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath 
stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. 

13 q The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
should come and smite the land of Egypt. 4 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in 
Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about 
thee. 15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. 16 He 
made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own 
people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.tt 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh 
king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. 18 As1 live, saith the King, whose name is 
the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. 
190 thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and 
desolate without an inhabitant.** 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh 
out of the north. 2! Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are 
turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come 
upon them, and the time of their visitation.$§ 22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall 
march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. 23 They shall cut down her 
forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, 
and are innumerable. 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the 
hand of the people of the north. 2>The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish 
the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all 
them that trust in him:*** 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and 
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it 
shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. 

27 q But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee 
from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and 
at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for 1am 
with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a 
full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.ttt 


47 

1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that 
Pharaoh smote Gaza.” 2Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be 
an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell 
therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.t 3 At the noise of 
the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his 
wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; 4Because of the day that 
cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for 





7 46:5 beaten...: Heb. broken in pieces t 46:5 fled...: Heb. fled a flight # 46:9 the Ethiopians: Heb. Cush § 46:9 the Libyans: 
Heb. Put a 46:11 thou shalt...: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee tt 46:16 made...: Heb. multiplied the faller #4 46:19 furnish...: 
Heb. make thee instruments of captivity §§ 46:21 fatted...: Heb. bullocks of the stall =a 46:25 multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. 
Amon ttt 46:28 not leave...: or, not utterly cut thee off - 47:1 Gaza: Heb. Azzah t 47:2 all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof 


Jeremiah 47:5 611 Jeremiah 48:33 


the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.* 5 Baldness is come upon 
Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? °O thou 
sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be 
still.8 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the 
sea shore? there hath he appointed it.** 


48 
1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: 


Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.” 2 There shall be no more 
praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a 


nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.t* 3A voice of crying shall 
be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a 
cry to be heard. 5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of 
Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.§ Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath 
in the wilderness.” 

7 q For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and 
Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. 8 And the spoiler shall 
come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be 
destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the 
cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 1° Cursed be he that doeth the work of 
the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.tt 

11 q Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been 
emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in 
him, and his scent is not changed.*# 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will 
send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their 
bottles. 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their 
confidence. 

14 q How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of 
her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the 
LORD of hosts.8§ 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that 
are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the 
beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; 
for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. 190 inhabitant of 
Aroer, stand 

by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?*** 20 Moab 
is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21 And 
judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And 
upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, 
and upon Beth-meon, 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, 
far or near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. 

26 q Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his 
vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among 
thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.ttt 28 0 ye that dwell in Moab, leave the 
cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth. 
29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his 
pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 391 know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his 
lies shall not so effect it.+#* 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and will cry out for all Moab; mine heart 
shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. 32 0 vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of 
Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon 
thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and 
from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with 





+ 47:4 the country: Heb. the isle § 47:6 put...: Heb. gather thyself a 47:7 How...: Heb. How canst thou i 48:1 Misgab: 
or, the high place t 48:2 be cut...: or, be brought to silence # 48:2 pursue...: Heb. go after thee § 48:5 continual... Heb. 
weeping with weeping as 48:6 the heath: or, a naked tree tt 48:10 deceitfully: or, negligently +4 48:11 remained: Heb. 
stood 88 48:15 his...: Heb. the choice of are 48:19 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress ttt 48:27 skippedst...: or, movedst thyself 
+4 48:30 his lies...: or, those on whom he stayeth (Heb. his bars) do not right 


Jeremiah 48:34 612 Jeremiah 49:17 


shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even 
unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years 
old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.$§§ 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith 
the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore 
mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir- 
heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 37 For every head shall be bald, and every 
beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.” 38 There shall be 
lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken 
Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. 39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken 
down! how hath Moab turned 

the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 4 For 
thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. 4! Kerioth 
is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be 


as the heart of a woman in her pangs.* 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because 
he hath magnified himself against the LORD. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O 
inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that 
getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year 
of their visitation, saith the LORD. *°They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the 
force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour 
the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.8 46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! 
the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.”* 

47 q Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the 
judgment of Moab. 


49 


1Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then 


doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?*t 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall 
be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them 
that were his heirs, saith the LORD. 3 Howl, 0 Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, 
gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, 
and his priests and his princes together.* 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, 0 
backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?§ 5 Behold, I will 
bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be 
driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. ° And afterward I will 
bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. 

7q Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished 
from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, 0 inhabitants of Dedan; 


for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.”* 9 If grapegatherers come 
to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have 
enough.tt 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able 
to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 1! Leave thy 
fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. !? For thus saith the 
LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou 
he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of 
it. 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a 
waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 141 have heard a rumour from 
the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against 
her, and rise up to the battle. 15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among 
men. 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the 
clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as 
the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every 





S88 43:34 desolate: Heb. desolations ‘ 48:37 clipped: Heb. diminished t 48:39 back: Heb. neck t 48:41 Kerioth: or, The 
cities 8 48:45 tumultuous...: Heb. children of noise 48:46 captives, and: Heb. in captivity, etc : 49:1 Concerning: or, 
Against t 49:1 their king: or, Melcom t 49:3 their king: or, Melcom § 49:4 thy...: or, thy valley floweth away a 49:8 
turn...: or, they are turned back tt 49:9 till...: Heb. their sufficiency 


Jeremiah 49:18 613 Jeremiah 50:7 


one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18 As in the overthrow 
of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, 
neither shall a son of man dwell in it. > Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan 
against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a 
chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and 
who is that shepherd that will stand before me?** 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he 
hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: 
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with 
them. 2! The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red 
sea.8§ 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that 
day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 

23 q Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they 
are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.** ttt 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and 
turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman 
in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 2 Therefore her young men shall fall 
in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 27 And I will 
kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 

28 ¢ Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and 
all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. 

30 q Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.*#* 31 Arise, 
get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither 
gates nor bars, which dwell alone.$8§ 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their 
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their 


calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.” 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a 
desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 

34 q The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the 
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of 
Elam, the chief of their might. 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of 
heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts 
of Elam shall not come. %” For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them 
that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will 
send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will 
destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. 

39 q But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the 
LORD. 


1The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah 
the prophet.” 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal 
not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, 
her images are broken in pieces. 3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which 
shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both 
man and beast. 

4q In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the 
children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. > They shall 
ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD 
in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. © My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds 
have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from 
mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.* 7 All that found them have devoured them: 
and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation 





ARE 
+ 49:19 appoint me...: or, convent me in judgment? §8 49:21 Red sea: Heb. Weedy sea 49:23 fainthearted: Heb. melted 
* 
ttt 49:23 on...: or, as on the sea #4 49:30 get...: Heb. flit greatly S88 49:31 wealthy: or, that is at ease 49:32 in...: Heb. 
* 
cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled 50:1 by...: Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah t 50:2 set up: Heb. 


lift up # 50:6 restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in 


Jeremiah 50:8 614 Jeremiah 50:39 


of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. 8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth 
out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 

9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the 
north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their 
arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.8 1° And Chaldea shall be a spoil: 
all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. ! Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye 
destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; "Tt 
12Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost 
of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall 
not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, 
and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the 
bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her round 
about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the 
vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sower 
from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword 
they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.+# 

17q Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured 
him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith 
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have 
punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on 
Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 2° In those days, 
and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and 
the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. 

21 q Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: 
waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded 
thee.88*** 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the 
whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 241 have 
laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and 
also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. 25The LORD hath opened his armoury, and 
hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the 
land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up 
as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. tt t### 27 slay all her bullocks; let them go 
down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice 
of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD 
our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend 
the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; 
according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against 
the Holy One of Israel. 3° Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall 
be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 3! Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord 
GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.8§§ 32 And the most proud shall stumble 
and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round 
about him.” 

33 q Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed 
together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34Their Redeemer 
is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to 
the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 

35 q A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon 
her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon 
her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.t 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, 
and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword 
is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried 
up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 39 Therefore the wild beasts 





kK 
§ 50:9 expert...: or, destroyer 50:11 fat: Heb. big, or, corpulent tt 50:11 bellow...: or, neigh as steeds +4 50:16 sickle: 
KK 
or, scythe §§ 50:21 of Merathaim: or, of the rebels 50:21 Pekod: or, Visitation ttt 50:26 from...: Heb. from the end 


* 
HH 50:26 cast...: or, tread her S88 50:31 most...: Heb. pride 50:32 the...: Heb. pride t 50:36 liars: or, chief stays: Heb. 
bars 


Jeremiah 50:40 615 Jeremiah 51:23 


of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and 
it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 4° As 
God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man 
abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 4! Behold, a people shall come from the north, 
and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 They shall hold 
the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and 
they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of 
Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish 
took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the 
swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: 
and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the 
time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?* 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the 
LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of 
the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation 
desolate with them. 4° At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard 
among the nations. 


1Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the 
midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;” 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that 
shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 
3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his 
brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. 4 Thus the slain shall fall 
in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. 5 For Israel hath not been 
forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the 
Holy One of Israel. © Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off 
in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. 
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have 
drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl 
for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is 
not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto 
heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. !°The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and 
let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. 1! Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the 
LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy 
it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. 12 Set up the standard upon 
the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the 
LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.* 130 thou 
that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy 
covetousness. 14The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as 
with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.8** 15 He hath made the earth by his power, 
he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. 
16When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours 
to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind 
out of his treasures.tt 17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the 
graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.#* 18 They are vanity, 
the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 19 The portion of Jacob is not like 
them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his 
name. 2° Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, 
and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;S$ 2! And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; ? With thee also will I break in pieces man 
and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the 
young man and the maid; 231 will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with 
thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces 





* 

t 50:44 appoint me...: or, convent me to plead? 51:1 midst: Heb. heart t 51:11 bright: Heb. pure t 51:12 ambushes: Heb. 
RK 

liersinwait 8 51:14 by himself: Heb. by his soul 51:14 lift up: Heb. utter tt 51:16 multitude: or, noise +4 51:17 is 

brutish...: or, is more brutish than to know §§ 51:20 with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee 


Jeremiah 51:24 616 Jeremiah 51:57 


captains and rulers. 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil 
that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying 
mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, 
and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. 2° And they shall not take 
of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith 
the LORD.*** 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the 
nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint 
a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. 28 Prepare against her 
the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the 
land of his dominion. 2? And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall 
be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. 3° The 
mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath 
failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. 31 One post 
shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his 
city is taken at one end, 32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, 
and the men of war are affrighted. 33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter 
of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest 


shall come.ttt 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he 
hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with 
my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall 


the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.+##888* 
36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I 
will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace 
for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like 
lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.t 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them 
drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 4°1 will 
bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. 41 How is Sheshach taken! and 
how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the 
nations! 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither 
doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his 
mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: 
yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man 
his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 4° And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that 
shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a 
rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will 
do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her 
slain shall fall in the midst of her.S 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing 
for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. 49 As Babylon hath 


caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.**tT 5 Ye that have 
escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into 
your mind. 51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for 
strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded 
shall groan. 3 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height 
of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. 54A sound of a cry cometh 
from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: 55 Because the LORD hath spoiled 
Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of 
their voice is uttered: 5° Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men 
are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. 
57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty 
men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD 





EK 
51:26 desolate...: Heb. everlasting desolations tit 51:33 it is...: or, in the time that he thresheth her Het 51:35 The 


* 

violence...; Heb. My violence 888 51:35 flesh: or, remainder 51:35 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress t 51:38 yell: or, shake 
KK 

themselves t 51:46 lest: or, let not § 51:47 do...: Heb. visit upon 51:49 As...: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, 

and with Babylon, etc tt 51:49 the earth: or, the country 


Jeremiah 51:58 617 Jeremiah 52:21 


of hosts. 58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her 
high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and 
they shall be weary.##88 

59 q The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded 

Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into 
Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince."**ttt 6 so Jeremiah wrote 
in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against 
Babylon. © And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read 
all these words; © Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that 
none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.*¥* 63 And it shall 
be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into 
the midst of Euphrates: 4 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil 
that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. 


52 


1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in 


Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.” 2 And he did that 
which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the 
anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, 
that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 

4q And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the 
month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched 
against it, and built forts against it round about. 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of 
king Zedekiah. © And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the 
city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the 
men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, 
which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by 
the way of the plain. 

8 q But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of 
Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto 
the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. !° And the king 
of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him 
to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.T#§ 

12 q Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of 
Babylon, into Jerusalem,’ tt 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the 
houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: '4 And all the army of 
the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round 
about. 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the 
people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to 
the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left 
certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. !7 Also the pillars of brass that 
were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the 
Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and 
the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, 
took they away.*#8§ 19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the 
candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver 
in silver, took the captain of the guard away." 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls 
that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all 
these vessels was without weight.ttt 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen 





KK 
+ 51:58 The broad...: or, The walls of broad Babylon §§ 51:58 broken: or, made naked 51:59 with: or, on the behalf of 
y: 
* 
ttt 51:59 quiet...: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain $44 51:62 desolate: Heb. desolations 52:1 began...: Heb. 
q P! 8 
2K 
reigned ) 52:11 put out: Heb. blinded + 52:11 chains: or, fetters § 52:11 prison: Heb. house of the wards 52:12 
captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen tt 52:12 served: Heb. stood before + 52:18 


KK 
shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashes §§ 52:18 bowls: or, basons 52:19 firepans: or, censers ttt 52:20 the brass: 
Heb. their brass 


Jeremiah 52:22 618 Jeremiah 52:34 


cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was 
hollow.### 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with 
network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and 
the pomegranates were like unto these. 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and 
all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. 

24q And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, 
and the three keepers of the door:8§§ 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge 
of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the 
city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of 
the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.*t 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of 
the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon 
smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away 
captive out of his own land. 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the 
seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar 
he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:* 30 In the three and 
twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the 
Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 

31 q And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, 
in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon 
in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of 
prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with 
him in Babylon,$ 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him 
all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, 


every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.** 





* 
Het 52:21 fillet: Heb. thread 888 52:24 door: Heb. threshold 52:25 were near...: Heb. saw the face of the king t 52:25 
principal...: or, scribe of the captain of the host + 52:29 persons: Heb. souls § 52:32 kindly...: Heb. good things with him 
ok 
52:34 every...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day 


Lamentations 1:1 619 Lamentations 2:2 


The Lamentations of Jeremiah 


1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that 
was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 2 She 
weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to 
comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. 3 Judah 
is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the 


heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.” 4 The ways of 
Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, 
her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; 
for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into 
captivity before the enemy. © And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes 
are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. 
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that 
she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: 
the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.t 8Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore 
she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she 
sigheth, and turneth backward.* ° Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; 
therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the 
enemy hath magnified himself. !©The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: 
for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they 
should not enter into thy congregation.§ 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their 
pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see,O LORD, and consider; for Iam become vile.* 

12 q Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my 
sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.tT## 
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net 
for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. 14The yoke 
of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath 
made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to 
rise up. 15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called 
an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of 
Judah, as in a winepress.S§ 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, 
because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because 
the enemy prevailed.*** 17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD 
hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a 
menstruous woman among them. 

18q The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all 
people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. tT 191 called for 
my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they 
sought their meat to relieve their souls. 2° Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; 
mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home 
there is as death. #1 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have 
heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, 
and they shall be like unto me.*#* 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as 
thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. 


1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from 
heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down 





1:3 because of great...: Heb. for the greatness of servitude t 1:7 pleasant: or, desirable # 1:8 is...: Heb. is become a removing, 
or, wandering § 1:10 pleasant: or, desirable me 1:11 to...: or, to make the soul to come again tt 1:12 Is it...: or, It is nothing 
+H 1:12 pass by: Heb. pass by the way? 88 1:15 the virgin...: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc ae 1:16 relieve: Heb. bring 
back ttt 1:18 commandment: Heb. mouth 44 1:21 called: or, proclaimed 


Lamentations 2:3 620 Lamentations 3:12 


in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he 


hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.” 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn 
of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like 
a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his 
right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter 
of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.t 5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, 
he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the 
daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. ® And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as 
if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn 
feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king 
and the priest.* 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up 
into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, 
as in the day of asolemn feast.8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: 
he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the 


rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.** 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he 
hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no 
more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. 

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up 
dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang 
down their heads to the ground. 1! Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is 
poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and 
the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.tt 12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? 
when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into 
their mothers’ bosom. !3 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O 
daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? 
for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish 
things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen 
for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss 
and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of 
beauty, The joy of the whole earth?#¥ 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they 
hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked 
for; we have found, we have seen it. 17The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled 
his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and 
he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 18 Their 
heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: 
give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning 
of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward 
him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. 

20 q Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, 
and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?8§ 
21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by 
the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. 22 Thou hast 
called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped 
nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. 


1] am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me 
into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the 
day. 4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against 
me, and compassed me with gall and travail. © He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of 
old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. § Also when I cry 
and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. ° He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my 
paths crooked. 1° He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and asa lion in secret places. 1! He hath turned 
aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. !2He hath bent his bow, and set me 





* 
2:2 brought...: Heb. made to touch t 2:4 all...: Heb. all the desirable of the eye # 2:6 tabernacle: or, hedge 8 a7 given up: 


aK 
Heb. shut up 2:8 destroying: Heb. swallowing up tt 2:11 swoon: or, faint + 2:15 by: Heb. by the way 88 9.00 ofa 
span...: or, swaddled with their hands? 


Lamentations 3:13 621 Lamentations 4:6 


as a mark for the arrow. !3He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.” !41 was a 
derision to all my people; and their song all the day. !5 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made 


me drunken with wormwood.t 16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me 


with ashes.* 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.§ 18 And I said, 
My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, 


the wormwood and the gall.** 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.tt 


21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.*# 

22 q It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They 
are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore 
will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. ?¢ It 
is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27 It is good for a 
man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne 
it upon him. 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 3°He giveth his cheek to 
him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. 3! For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32 But 
though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he 
doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.8§ 34To crush under his feet all the prisoners 
of the earth, 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,”**” 36 To subvert a 
man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. ttt 

37 q Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the 
mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a 
man for the punishment of his sins?##* 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 42 Thou hast covered with anger, 
and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that 
our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of 
the people. 4° All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon 
us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of 
the daughter of my people. 4° Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 
50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 5! Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all 


the daughters of my city.8§8* 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53 They have 
cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, 
Tam cut off. 

55 q I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 5° Thou hast heard my voice: hide 
not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 5? Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou 
saidst, Fear not. 580 Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 590 
LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. © Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all 
their imaginations against me. ©! Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations 
against me; 6? The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. © Behold 
their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. 

64 q Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. ® Give them 
sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.t 6 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens 
of the LORD. 


1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary 
are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how 
are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters 
draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, 
like the ostriches in the wilderness.” 4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his 
mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. 5 They that did feed 
delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. For the 





ig 3:13 arrows: Heb. sons t 3:15 bitterness: Heb. bitternesses t 3:16 covered...: or, rolled me in the ashes § 3:17 prosperity: 
Heb. good ae 3:19 Remembering: or, Remember tt 3:20 humbled: Heb. bowed + 3:21 recall...: Heb. make to return to my 
heart 88 3,33 willingly: Heb. from his heart ome 3:35 the most High: or, a superior Tt 3:36 approveth not: or, seeth not 
Ht 3:39 complain: or, murmur 888 3:51 mine heart: Heb. my soul . 3:51 because...: or, more than all t 3:65 sorrow...: 


* 
or, obstinacy of heart 4:3 sea...: or, sea calves 


Lamentations 4:7 622 Lamentations 5:22 


punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of 
Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.t 7 Her Nazarites were purer 
than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was 
of sapphire: 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth 
to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.+ 9 They that be slain with the sword are better 
than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the 
field.8 1° The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the 
destruction of the daughter of my people. 1! The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out 
his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. 12 The 
kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and 
the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. 

13q For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just 
in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves 
with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.** 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is 
unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, 
They shall no more sojourn there.tt 16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more 
regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.** 17 As for 
us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not 
save us. 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; 
for our end is come. 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon 
the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 2° The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the 
LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. 

21 q Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass 
through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. 

22 q The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, 0 daughter of Zion; he will no more carry 


thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. 88*** 


1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. ? Our inheritance is 
turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 
4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.” 5 Our necks are under persecution: 
we labour, and have no rest.t ® We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to 
be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. 
8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. ° We gat our bread 
with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 1° Our skin was black like an oven 
because of the terrible famine.* 1! They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of 
Judah. 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. !3 They took the 
young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the 
young men from their musick. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. 
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!§ 

17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, 
which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest 

for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 2° Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and 
forsake us so long time?”” 2! Turn thou us unto thee, 0 LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days 
as of old. 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.tt 





t 4:6 punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity t 4:8 blacker... Heb. darker than blackness 8 4:9 pine...: Heb. flow out a 4:14 
so...: or, in that they could not but touch tt 4:15 it...: or, ye polluted +4 4:16 anger: or, face 8§ 4:22 The...: or, Thine iniquity 
ks 4:22 discover...: or, carry thee captive for thy sins . 5:4 is...: Heb. cometh for price t 5:5 Our... Heb. On our necks are we 
persecuted $ 5:10 terrible: or, terrors, or, storms § 5:16 The...: Heb, The crown of our head is fallen a 5:20 so...: Heb. for 


length of days? tt 5:22 But...: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us? 


Ezekiel 1:1 623 Ezekiel 1:28 


The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 


1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was 
among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.” 
21In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 The word of the 
LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river 
Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.t 

4q And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding 
itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the 
midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this 
was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. © And every one had four faces, and every one 
had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s 
foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.8 8 And they had the hands of a man under 
their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. > Their wings were joined 
one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 1° As for the 
likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and 
they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. !! Thus were 
their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, 


and two covered their bodies.** 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was 
to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. !3 As for the likeness of the living creatures, 
their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down 
among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the 
living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 


15 q Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, 
with his four faces. 1© The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a bery]: 
and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the 
middle of a wheel. !” When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when 
they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of 
eyes round about them four.tt 19 and when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and 
when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 2° Whithersoever 
the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against 
them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.** 21 When those went, these went; and 
when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted 
up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.S$ 22 And the likeness of 
the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched 
forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward 
the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on 
that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great 
waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they 
let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when 
they stood, and had let down their wings. 

26 q And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the 
appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance 
of aman above upon it. 2”? AndI saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within 
it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, 
I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28 As the appearance of the 
bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This 
was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, 
and I heard a voice of one that spake. 





‘i 1:1 captives: Heb. captivity t 1:3 Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel # 1:4 infolding...: Heb. catching itself Siz straight...: Heb. a 
straight foot a 1:11 stretched...: or, divided above tt 1:18 and their rings: or, and their strakes #4 1:20 of...: or, of life 
§§ 1:21 of...: or, of life 


Ezekiel 2:1 624 Ezekiel 3:21 


2 

1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit 
entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath 
rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.” 
4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.1 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for 
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 

6 q And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers 
and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be 
dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.* 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto 


them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.8 8 But thou, 
son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy 
mouth, and eat that I give thee. 

9q And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 
10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein 
lamentations, and mourning, and woe. 


1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the 
house of Israel. 2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 3 And he said unto me, Son 
of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it 
was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 

4q And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words 
unto them. 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the 


house of Israel;* 6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou 


canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.t* 7 But 
the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of 
Israel are impudent and hardhearted.§ Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy 
forehead strong against their foreheads. ° As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: 
fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 1° Moreover he 
said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with 
thine ears. ' And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto 
them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. 
2Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the 
glory of the LORD from his place. 131 heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that 


touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.”* 
4So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but 
the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. tt## 

15q Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat 
where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. 

16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at 
my mouth, and give them warning from me. !8 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; 
and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his 
life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet 
if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die 
in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 2° Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his 
righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou 
hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not 
be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.8§ 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous 








* 

7 2:3 nation: Heb. nations t 2:4 impudent: Heb. hard of face # 2:6 briers...: or, rebels S 9:7 most...: Heb. rebellion 3:5 

of a...: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue t 3:6 of a...: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of language # 3:6 Surely...: or, If I had 
Bot 

sent thee, etc. would they not have hearkened unto thee? 8 3.7 impudent...: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart 3:13 


touched: Heb. kissed tt 3:14 in bitterness: Heb. bitter +H 3:14 heat: Heb. hot anger §§ 3.29 righteousness which: Heb. 
righteousnesses 


Ezekiel 3:22 625 Ezekiel 5:7 


man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also 
thou hast delivered thy soul. 

22 q And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the 
plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the 
glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 
24Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, 
shut thyself within thine house. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and 
shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: 2° And I will make thy tongue cleave 
to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are 


a rebellious house.”** 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: 
for they are a rebellious house. 


1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even 
Jerusalem: ? And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the 


camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.” 3 Moreover take thou unto thee 
an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it 
shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.t 4Lie 
thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number 
of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the 
years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt 
thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. © And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on 
thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee 
each day for a year.* 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm 
shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and 
thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.S 

9q Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and 
put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou 


shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.’* 19 And thy meat which 
thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 1 Thou shalt 
drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12 And thou 
shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 
13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, 
whither I will drive them. !4 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for 
from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither 
came there abominable flesh into my mouth. !5Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung 

for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of 
man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with 
care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: !” That they may want bread and 
water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. 


1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon 
thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. Thou shalt 
burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou 
shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; 
and I will draw out a sword after them. 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them 
in thy skirts.” 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in 
the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 

54 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries 
that are round about her. ¢ And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, 
and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments 
and my statutes, they have not walked in them. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye 
multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither 





RK * 
3:26 a reprover: Heb. a man reproving 4:2. battering...: chief leaders t 4:3 an...: or, a flat plate, or, slice t 4:6 each...: 


a * 
Heb. a day for a year, a day for a year § 4:8 from one...: Heb. from thy side to thy side 4:9 fitches: or, spelt 5:3. skirts: 
Heb. wings 


Ezekiel 5:8 626 Ezekiel 7:4 


have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round 
about you; ® Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute 
judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not 
done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. !° Therefore 
the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute 
judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 1! Wherefore, as 1 live, 
saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and 
with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither 
will I have any pity. 

12q A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the 
midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part 
into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, 
and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the 
LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. !4 Moreover I will make 
thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are 
round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. 
I the LORD have spoken it, 16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be 
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and 1 will increase the famine upon you, and 
will break your staff of bread: 17 So will 1 send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave 
thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the 
LORD have spoken it. 


1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains 
of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; 
Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, 
I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 And your altars shall be 


desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.” 
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your 
bones round about your altars.t In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high 
places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be 
broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.* 7 And the 
slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 

8q Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, 
when ye shall be scattered through the countries. ° And they that escape of you shall remember me 
among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish 
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and 
they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 1° And 
they shall know that Iam the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 

11 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all 
the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence. 12He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; 
and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon 
them. !3 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round 
about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, 
and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. !4So will I 
stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness 
toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that Iam the LORD.S 

7 
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord 


GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now is the end 
come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and 


will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.” 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I 





6:4 images: or, sun images uy 6:5 lay: Heb. give + 6:6 images: or, sun images § 6:14 more...: or, desolate from the wilderness 


7:3 recompense: Heb. give 


Ezekiel 7:5 627 Ezekiel 8:4 


have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of 
thee: and ye shall know that Iam the LORD. ° Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, 
is come. © An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.t 7 The morning is 
come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not 
the sounding again of the mountains.* 8 Now will shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish 
mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all 
thine abominations. ? And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee 
according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I 
am the LORD that smiteth.§ 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod 
hath blossomed, pride hath budded. Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall 
remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.”** 12The time 
is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all 
the multitude thereof. 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet 
alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any 
strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.1T##88 14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all 
ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15 The sword is 
without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and 
he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 

16q But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, 
all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak 
as water."** 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame 
shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, 
and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day 
of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the 
stumblingblock of their iniquity. tTt### 

20 q As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their 
abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.S8§ 21 And 
I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and 
they shall pollute it. 22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for 
the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.” 

23 q Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 Wherefore 
I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp 
of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.t 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall 
seek peace, and there shall be none.* 6 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon 
rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and 
counsel from the ancients. 2” The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, 
and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and 
according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that Iam the LORD.S 


1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as! sat in mine 
house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. Then 
I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, 
fire; and from his loins even tweed, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. 3 And he 


put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between 
the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner 
gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to 
jealousy. 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in 
the plain. 





7 7:6 watcheth for: Heb. awaketh against + 7:7 sounding...: or, echo § 7:9 thee according: Heb. upon thee, etc a 7:11 theirs: 
or, their tumultuous persons: Heb. tumult tt 7:13 although they...: Heb. though their life were yet among the living + 7:13 in 
the...: or, whose life is in his iniquity 8§ 7:13 the iniquity: Heb. his iniquity ae 7:17 be weak...: Heb. go into water ttt 7:19 
removed: Heb. for a separation, or, uncleanness #44 7:19 it is...: or, their iniquity is their stumblingblock S88 7:20 set it far... 
or, made it unto them an unclean thing . 7:22 robbers: or, burglers ah 7:24 their holy...: or, they shall inherit their holy places 
# 7:25 Destruction: Heb. Cutting off 8 7.27 according...: Heb. with their judgments 


Ezekiel 8:5 628 Ezekiel 9:11 


5 q Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So | lifted 
up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of 
jealousy in the entry. © He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the 
great abominations that the house of Israel committeth 

here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater 
abominations. 

7q And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. Then 
said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. 
9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. 1° So I went in 
and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the 
house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. 11 And there stood before them seventy men 
of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, 
with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. !2 Then said he unto me, 
Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the 
chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. 

13 q He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. 
14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and, 
behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 

15 q Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt 
see greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, 
and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five 
and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and 
they worshipped the sun toward the east. 

17 q Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of 
Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land 
with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.” 
18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they 
cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. 


1He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to 
draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. 2 And, behold, six men came from 
the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his 
hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they 
went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.*t 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from 
the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with 
linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side; 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst 
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh 
and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.S 

5 q And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not 
your eye spare, neither have ye pity:"* 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and 
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they 
began at the ancient men which were before the house.tt 7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, 
and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. 

8q And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and 
cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury 
upon Jerusalem? ° Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding 
great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath 
forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.*#8$ 10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, 
neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. 1! And, behold, the man 
clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou 


ok 
hast commanded me. 





* * 
8:17 Is it...: or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit 9:2, which lieth: Heb. which is turned t 9:2 a slaughter...: Heb. 
aK 
a weapon of his breaking in pieces # 9:2. by his...: Heb. upon his loins § 9:4 set a mark: Heb. mark a mark 9:5 mine 
hearing: Heb. mine ears tt 9:6 utterly: Heb. to destruction +4 9:9 full of blood: Heb. filled with, etc §§ 9:9 perverseness: 


BRK 
or, wresting of judgment 9:11 reported...: Heb. returned the word 


Ezekiel 10:1 629 Ezekiel 11:12 


10 

1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there 
appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2 And he 
spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and 
fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he 
went in in my sight.* 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; 
and the cloud filled the inner court. 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood 
over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the 
brightness of the LORD’s glory. 5 And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer 
court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. © And it came to pass, that when he had 
commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the 
cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand 
from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put 
it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.+ 

8 q And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings. ? And when 
I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by 
another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. !° And as for their 
appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they 
went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head 
looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. !? And their whole body, and their backs, and 
their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they 


four had.$ 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.** 14 And every one had 
four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the 
third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This 
is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. !© And when the cherubims went, the wheels 
went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same 
wheels also turned not from beside them. !” When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted 
up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.tt 18Then the glory 
of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. !9 And the 
cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the 
wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; 
and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 2° This is the living creature that I saw under 
the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. 2! Every one had 
four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their 
wings. 2? And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their 
appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. 


11 


1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which 
looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I sawJaazaniah 
the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Which say, It is not 
near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.” 

4q Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon 
me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the 
things that come into your mind, every one of them. ® Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye 
have filled the streets thereof with the slain. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom 
ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth 
out of the midst of it. § Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord 
GOD. ? And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and 
will execute judgments among you. 1° Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; 
and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 1 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the 
flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: !2 And ye shall know that I am the 





> 10:2 thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand t 10:4 went up: Heb. was lifted up # 10:7 stretched forth: Heb. sent forth 


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§ to:12 body: Heb. flesh 10:13 it was...: or, they were called in my hearing, wheel, or, galgal tt 10:17 of...: or, of life 11:3 
It is...: or, It is not for us to build houses near 


Ezekiel 11:13 630 Ezekiel 12:19 


LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the 
manners of the heathen that are round about you.t 

13q And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell 1 down 
upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the 
remnant of Israel? 

14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !5 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, 
the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. !° Therefore 
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I 
have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries 
where they shall come. 1” Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the 
people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the 
land of Israel. 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof 
and all the abominations thereof from thence. !9 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new 
spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my 
people, and] will be their God. 2! But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable 
things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. 

22 q Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the 
God of Israel was over them above. 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, 
and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. 

24 q Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, 
to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 Then I spake unto them of 
the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. 


12 
1The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a 
rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are 
a rebellious house. 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day 
in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will 


consider, though they be a rebellious house.” 4Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their 
sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into 
captivity.t 5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.* In their sight shalt thou 
bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not 
the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. 7 And I did so as I was commanded: 
I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with 
mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.8 

8q And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, hath not the house 
of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? !° Say thou unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among 
them. " Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and 
go into captivity.”* 12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, 
and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that 
he see not the ground with his eyes. 13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in 
my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though 
he shall die there. 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all 
his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that Iam the LORD, when 
I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 16 But I will leave a few 
men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their 
abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.tT 

17q Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, 
and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread 
with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that 





* 

t 11:12 for ye...: or, which have not walked 12:3 stuff: or, instruments t 12:4 as they...: Heb. as the goings forth of captivity 
aK 

# 12:5 Dig...: Heb. Dig for thee 8 ia7 digged: Heb. digged for me 12:11 they...: Heb. by removing go into captivity 

tt 12:16 a few...: Heb. men of number 


Ezekiel 12:20 631 Ezekiel 13:22 


is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.+* 20 And the cities that are inhabited 
shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that Iam the LORD. 

21q And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have 
in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 23 Tell them therefore, 
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb 
in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 24 For there shall be 
no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD: I 
will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your 
days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. 

26q Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2” Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel 
say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. 
28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any 
more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. 


13 
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of 
Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word 


of the LORD;* 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, 


and have seen nothing! t* 40 Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5Ye have not gone up 
into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the 


LORD.S** 6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath 
not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 7 Have ye not 
seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit 
I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, 
therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. ? And mine hand shall be upon the prophets 
that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they 
be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord Gop.*t 

10 q Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; 
and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:#* 11 Say unto them which 
daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great 
hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said 
unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 
I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine 
anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have 
daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall 
be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that 
Tam the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it 
with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To 
wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for 
her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. 

174 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out 
of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the 
women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt 
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?8§ 19 And 
will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls 
that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that 
hear your lies? 2° Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith 
ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls 
go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.*** 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my 
people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that 
Iam the LORD. 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not 
made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, 





* 
12:19 all that...: Heb. the fulness thereo: 13:2 that prophesy out...: Heb. that are prophets out of their own hearts 13:3 
+H Ith . the fulness thereof hat prophesy . that are proph f th h t 
KK 
follow: Heb. walk after + 13:3 and...: or, and things which they have not seen § 13:5 gaps: or, breaches 13:5 made...: Heb. 
hedged the hedge tt 13:9 assembly: or, secret, or, counsel + 13:10 a wall: or, a slight wall §§ 13:18 armholes: or, elbows 


13:20 to make...: or, into gardens 


Ezekiel 13:23 632 Ezekiel 15:5 


by promising him life:ttt 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will 
deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that Iam the LORD. 


1Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. ? And the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the 
stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore 
speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that 
setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and 
cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his 
idols; 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me 
through their idols. 

6 q Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves 


from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.” 7 For every one of the house of 
Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up 
his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a 
prophet to enquire of him concerning me; 1 the LORD will answer him by myself: § And I will set my 
face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst 
of my people; and ye shall know that Iam the LORD. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath 
spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and 
will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 1° And they shall bear the punishment of their 
iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 
11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their 
transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. 

12q The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, !3 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me 
by trespassing grievously, then will] stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread 
thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though these three 
men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, 
saith the Lord GOD. 

15 q If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that 
no man may pass through because of the beasts:t 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith 
the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land 
shall be desolate.* 

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man 
and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as] live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver 
neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 

19 Or if 1 send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from 
it man and beast: 2° Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall 
deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For 
thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the 
sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?8 

22 4 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: 
behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be 
comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have 
brought upon it. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall 
know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. 


15 
1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any 
tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any 
work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; 
the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?” 5 Behold, 
when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the 


fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?t 





* 
ttt 13:22 by...: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him 14:6 yourselves: or, others t 14:15 spoil: or, bereave 


* 
t 14:16 init: Heb. inthe midst of it 8 14:21 How... or, Also when 15:4 Is it...: Heb. Will it prosper? t 15:5 meet: Heb. 
made fit 


Ezekiel 15:6 633 Ezekiel 16:28 


6 q Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have 
given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against 
them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am 
the LORD, when I set my face against them. ® And I will make the land desolate, because they have 


committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.* 
16 


1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her 
abominations, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the 


land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.” 4 And as for thy nativity, in the 
day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast 
not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.t 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have 
compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day 
that thou wast born. 

6 q And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when 
thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.* 71 have caused 
thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come 
to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked 


and bare.8** 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of 
love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered 
into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. ? Then washed I thee with 
water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.tt 191 clothed 
thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine 
linen, and I covered thee with silk. 111 decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy 
hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and 
a beautiful crown upon thine head.*¥ 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment 
was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou 
wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. 14 And thy renown went forth among 
the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith 
the Lord GOD. 

15 q But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and 
pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 1° And of thy garments thou 
didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the 
like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 1” Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of 
my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom 
with them,S$ 18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine 
oil and mine incense before them. !9 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, 
wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord 
GOD.*** 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and 


these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,ttt 
21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for 
them? 2? And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy 
youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all 
thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an 
eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.+## 25 Thou hast built thy high place 
at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every 
one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the 
Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, 
and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are 
ashamed of thy lewd way.S8§ 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou 





# 15:8 committed...: Heb. trespassed a trespass . 16:3 birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation t 16:4 to supple...: or, when I 
looked upon thee # 16:6 polluted: or, trodden under foot S 16:7 caused...: Heb. made thee a million es 16:7 excellent...: 
Heb. ornament of ornaments tt 16:9 blood: Heb. bloods + 16:12 forehead: Heb. nose §§ 16:17 of men: Heb. of a 
male a 16:19 a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest ttt 16:20 to be...: Heb. to devour +4 16:24 eminent...: or, brothel house 
888 16:27 daughters: or, cities 


Ezekiel 16:29 634 Ezekiel 16:57 


wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 2? Thou 
hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not 
satisfied herewith. 3° How weak is thine heart, saith 

the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish 

woman; 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high 


place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;* 32 But as a wife that 
committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! 33 They give gifts to all whores: 
but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side 


for thy whoredom.t 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none 
followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto 
thee, therefore thou art contrary. 

35 q Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 3° Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy 
filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and 
with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto 
them; 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them 
that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against 
thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 38 And I will 
judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury 
and jealousy.* 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent 
place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take 
thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.§ 4° They shall also bring up a company against thee, 
and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 4! And they shall 
burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will 
cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 42 So will I make 
my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be 
no more angry. 43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all 
these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: 
and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. 

44 q Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the 
mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her 
children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your 
mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her 
daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom 


and her daughters.” 47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: 


but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.tT 48 As I live, 
saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou 
and thy daughters. 4° Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and 
abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the 
poor and needy. 5° And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took 
them away as I saw good. 5! Neither hath Samaria committed 

half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy 
sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. 52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear 
thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more 
righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy 
sisters. 53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the 
captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst 
of them: 54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast 
done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 5° When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return 
to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou 
and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. °° For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by 


thy mouth in the day of thy pride,*#8§ 57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy 
reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, 





* 

16:31 In that thou buildest...: or, In thy daughters is thine, etc t 16:33 hirest: Heb. bribest # 16:38 as: Heb. with judgments of 
eK 

§ 16:39 thy fair...: Heb. instruments of thine ornament 16:46 thy younger: Heb. lesser than thou tt 16:47 as if...: or, that 


was lothed as a small thing +t 16:56 mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearing 8§ 16:56 pride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies 


Ezekiel 16:58 635 Ezekiel 17:24 


which despise thee round about.***ttt 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith 
the LORD.*¥# 59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast 
despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 

60 q Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and] will establish 
unto thee an everlasting covenant. ©! Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou 
shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, 
but not by thy covenant. © And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am 
the LORD: © That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more 
because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. 


17 

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak 
a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great 
wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest 
branch of the cedar:* 4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; 
he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; 
he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.t 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of 
low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became 
a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7 There was also another great eagle with 
great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth 
her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a 
good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might 
be a goodly vine.* 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots 
thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even 
without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. !° Yea, behold, being planted, 
shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the 
furrows where it grew. 

11q Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !2 Say now to the rebellious house, Know 
ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath 
taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; 13 And hath taken 
of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken 
the mighty of the land:§ 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by 


keeping of his covenant it might stand.** 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors 
into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that 
doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? 16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, 
surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose 
covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. !” Neither shall Pharaoh with 
his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, 
to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had 
given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it 
will I recompense upon his own head. 2° And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in 
my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath 
trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that 
remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. 

22q Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; 
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain 
and eminent: 23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, 
and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of 
the branches thereof shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have 
brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made 
the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it. 





ok * 
16:57 Syria: Heb. Aram tit 16:57 despise: or, spoil Ht 16:58 borne: Heb. borne them 17:3 divers...: Heb. 
embroidering t 17:5 planted...: Heb. put it in a field of seed + 17:8 soil: Heb. field § 17:13 taken an...: Heb. brought him to 


a 
an oath 17:14 but...: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it 


Ezekiel 18:1 636 Ezekiel 18:30 
18 


1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb 
concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are 
set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in 
Israel. 4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul 
that sinneth, it shall die. 

5 q But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,” © And hath not eaten upon the 
mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his 
neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 7 And hath not oppressed any, 
but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither 
hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment 
between man and man, ° Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is 
just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD. 

10 q If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these 
things, 11 and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled 
his neighbour’s wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored 
the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth 
upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these 
abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.S 

144 Now, lo, ifhe beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and 
doeth not such like, 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the 
idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, 1° Neither hath oppressed any, hath 
not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, 
and hath covered the naked with a garment,” 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath 
not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not 
die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, 
spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die 
in his iniquity. 

19q Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that 
which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 2°The 
soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father 
bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness 
of the wicked shall be upon him. 

21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and 
do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 2? All his transgressions that 
he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he 
shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he 
should return from his ways, and live? 

24 q But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and 
doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness 
that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that 
he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 

25 q Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way 
equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, 
when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which 
is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all 
his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house 
of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways 
unequal? 

30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. 
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.tt 





* 
18:5 that...: Heb. judgment and justice t 18:10 robber: or, breaker up of an house # 18:10 that doeth...: or, that doeth to his 
RK 
brother besides any of these § 18:13 blood: Heb. bloods 18:16 hath not...: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to 
pledge tt 18:30 yourselves: or, others 


Ezekiel 18:31 637 Ezekiel 20:16 


31 q Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new 
heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of 
him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.*# 


19 

1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A 
lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3 And she brought 
up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. *The 
nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land 
of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her 
whelps, and made him a young lion. ® And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young 
lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. 7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he 


laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.*t 
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he 
was taken in their pit. 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: 
they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.+ 

10q Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches 
by reason of many waters.S 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her 
stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of 
her branches. !2 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind 
dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. 13 And now 
she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her 
branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is 
a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. 


20 

1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain 
of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 2 Then came the word of the 
LORD unto me, saying, 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by 
you. 4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations 
of their fathers:* 

5 q And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine 
hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, 


when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; ¢ In the day that | lifted up 
mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, 
flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every 
man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: Iam the LORD 
your God. ®But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast 
away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour 
out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But 
I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they 
were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 

10 q Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the 
wilderness. 11 AndI gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which ifa man do, he shall 


even live in them.* 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that 
they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me 
in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which ifa man do, 
he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury 
upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. !4But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not 
be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto 
them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with 
milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 1° Because they despised my judgments, and walked not 





* 

cay 18:32 yourselves: or, others 19:7 their desolate...: or, their widows t 19:7 the fulness...: or, all it containeth t 19:9 in 
* 

chains: or, in hooks § 19:10 in...: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness 20:4 Wilt...: or, Wilt thou plead for them t 20:5 

lifted...: or, sware # 20:11 shewed...: Heb. made them to know 


Ezekiel 20:17 638 Ezekiel 20:44 


in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 1” Nevertheless mine 
eye spared 

them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. 18 But I said unto 
their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their 
judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: 191 am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and 
keep my judgments, and do them; #° And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and 
you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. 2! Notwithstanding the children rebelled against 
me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he 
shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, 
to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and 
wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight 
I brought them forth. 231 lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter 
them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; 24 Because they had not executed 
my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after 
their fathers’ idols. 2° Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby 
they should not live; 2 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the 
fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that 
Iam the LORD. 

27 q Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.8 
28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, 
then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there 
they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured 
out there their drink offerings. 2? Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And 


the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.”” 3° Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their 
abominations? 3! For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye 
pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of 
Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. 32 And that which cometh into 
your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to 
serve wood and stone. 

33 q As I live, saith 

the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, 
will I rule over you: °4 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries 
wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and witha stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, 
saith the Lord GOD. 3” And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of 
the covenant:tt 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against 
me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the 
land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute 
ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. 4° For in mine holy mountain, in the 
mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in 
the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits 
of your oblations, with all your holy things.** 411 will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring 
you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I 
will be sanctified in you before the heathen.8§ 42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall 
bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your 
fathers. 43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; 
and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 44 And ye 
shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to 
your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 





kK 
§ 20:27 committed...: Heb. trespassed a trespass 20:29 I said...: or, I told them what the high place was, or, Bamah tt 20:37 
bond: or, delivering +f 20:40 firstfruits: or, chief §§ 20:41 sweet...: Heb. savour of rest 


Ezekiel 20:45 639 Ezekiel 21:26 


45 q Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the 
south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 4” And 
say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will 
kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame 
shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. 48 And all 
flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! 
they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? 


21 

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and 
drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of 
Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, 
and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the 
righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from 
the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of 
his sheath: it shall not return any more. © Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy 
loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. ’ And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore 
sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, 
and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, 


it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.” 

8 q Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ? Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith 
the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 1° It is sharpened to make a sore 
slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of 
my son, as every tree.t 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is 
sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. }2 Cry and howl, son of man: for it 
shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be 
upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.* 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn 
even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.S “Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and 
smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is 
the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.” 151 have set the 
point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! 
it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. tt#* 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right 
hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.S§ 171 will also smite mine hands together, and I will 
cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. 

18 q The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two 
ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: 
and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 2° Appoint a way, that the sword 
may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 2! For the king of 
Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his 
arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.**ttT### 22 at his right hand was 
the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the 
voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.S8§ 
23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he 
will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.” 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so 
that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall 
be taken with the hand. 

25 q And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, 
26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: 





. 21:7 shall be weak...: Heb. shall go into water t 21:10 it contemneth...: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree 
+ 21:12 terrors...: or, they are thrust down to the sword with my people § 21:13 Because...: or, When the trial hath been, what then? 
shall they not also belong to the despising rod? a 21:14 hands...: Heb. hand to hand tt 21:15 point: or, glittering, or, fear 
+H 21:15 wrapped up: or, sharpened $8 91:16 or on... Heb. set thyself, take the left hand ies 21:21 parting of: Heb. mother of 


* 
tt 21:21 arrows: or, knives Ht 21:21 images: Heb. teraphim 888 91:22 captains: or, battering rams: Heb. rams 21:23 
to them...: or, for the oaths made unto them 


Ezekiel 21:27 640 Ezekiel 22:26 


exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 271 will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be 
no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.* 

28 q And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, 
and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is 
furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine 
a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, 
when their iniquity shall have an end. 3° Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in 
the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.* 31 And I will pour out mine indignation 
upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish 
men, and skilful to destroy.8 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the 
land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it. 


22 

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, 
wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.*t# 3 Then say thou, 
Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and 
maketh idols against herself to defile herself. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast 
shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days 
to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the 
heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall 
mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.8 © Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee 


to their power to shed blood.** 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of 
thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the 
widow.tt 8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. 9In thee are men that 
carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit 
lewdness.** 10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her 
that was set apart for pollution. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; 
and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his 


father’s daughter $$***ttT 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and 
increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith 
the Lord GOD. 

13 q Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and 
at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. !4 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be 
strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. 15 And I will 
scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness 
out of thee. 16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou 
shalt know that I am the LoRD.*#* 

17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !8Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become 
dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross 
of silver.S88 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I 
will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 2° As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and 
tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger 


and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.” 2! Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in 
the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of 
the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured 
out my fury upon you. 

23q And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land 
that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets 
in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken 
the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26Her priests 





t 21:27 I will overturn...: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it t 21:30 Shall...: or, Cause it to return § 21:31 
brutish: or, burning . 22:2 judge: or, plead for t 22:2 bloody...: Heb. city of bloods? # 22:2 shew her: Heb. make her know 
§ 22:5 infamous...: Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation ox 22:6 power: Heb. arm tt 22:7 oppression: or, deceit +4 22:9 
that...: Heb. of slanders 88 22:11 one: or, every one one 22:11 another: or, every one Tit 22:11 lewdly: or, by lewdness 


* 
Ht 22:16 shalt take...: or, shalt be profaned S88 49:18 dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc 22:20 As...: Heb. According to the 
gathering 


Ezekiel 22:27 641 Ezekiel 23:25 


have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the 
holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have 
hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.? 27 Her princes in the midst thereof 
are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And 
her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 2 The people of the land have used 
oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the 
stranger wrongfully.*§ 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and 
stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 3! Therefore 
have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their 
own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. 


23 
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the 
daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in 
their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4 And 
the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare 


sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.*t 5 And Aholah 
played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 
6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding 
upon horses. 7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men 
of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.#§ 8 Neither left she 
her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of 
her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of 
her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. !°These discovered her nakedness: 
they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among 


women; for they had executed judgment upon her.** 

11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and 
in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.tt## 12 she doted upon the Assyrians her 
neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them 
desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 14 And that 
she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the 
Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire 
upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the 
land of their nativity: 1° And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent 
messengers unto them into Chaldea.8§ 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and 
they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated 


from them."**ttt 1850 she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind 
was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. 19 Yet she multiplied her 
whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the 
land of Egypt. 2° For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose 
issue is like the issue of horses. 21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in 
bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. 

22 q Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, 
from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; 23 The Babylonians, 
and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable 
young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 74 And they 
shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall 
set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and 
they shall judge thee according to their judgments. 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they 





t 22:26 violated: Heb. offered violence to t 22:29 oppression: or, deceit S 49.29 wrongfully: Heb. without right . 23:4 
Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle t 23:4 Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her t 23:7 committed...: Heb. bestowed her 
whoredoms upon them § 23:7 the chosen...: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur ie 23:10 famous: Heb. aname sl 23:11 
she was...: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than, etc + 23:11 more than...: Heb. more than the whoredoms of her 


EK 
sister 88 23:16 as soon...: Heb. at the sight of her eyes 23:17 Babylonians: Heb. children of Babel ttt 23:17 alienated: 
Heb. loosed, or, disjointed 


Ezekiel 23:26 642 Ezekiel 24:8 


shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall 
by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. 


26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.*#* 27 Thus will I make thy 
lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not 
lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. 28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I 
will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is 
alienated: 29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave 
thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and 
thy whoredoms. 3°] will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, 
and because thou art polluted with their idols. 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore 
will I give her cup into thine hand. 32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup 
deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. 33 Thou shalt 
be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of 
thy sister Samaria. 34Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, 
and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 35 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy 
lewdness and thy whoredoms. 

36 q The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, 
declare unto them their abominations;8§§ 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their 
hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they 
bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover this they have done unto 
me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. 39 For when they 
had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; 
and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. 4° And furthermore, that ye have sent for men 
to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash 


thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,” 4! And satest upon a stately bed, 


and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.t 42 And a voice of 
a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans 
from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.*8 
43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she 
with them?** 44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went 
they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. 

45q And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the 
manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 46 For 
thus saith the Lord GOD; 1 will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and 
spoiled.tt 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; 
they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.#* 48 Thus will I 
cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. 
49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye 
shall know that Iam the Lord GOD. 


1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of 
Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, 
and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4Gather 
the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice 
bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let 
them seethe the bones of it therein.” 

6 ¢ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, 
and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 7 For her blood 
is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover 
it with dust; ® That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the 





* 
+44 23:26 fair...: Heb. instruments of thy deckin, §8§ 23:36 judge: or, plead for 23:40 to come: Heb. comin; t 23:41 
y 8 Judg Pp 8g 
aK 
stately: Heb. honourable # 23:42 of the... Heb. ofthe multitude ofmen 8 23:42 Sabeans: or, drunkards 23:43 whoredoms...: 


* 
Heb. her whoredoms tt 23:46 to be...: Heb. for a removing and spoil +H 23:47 dispatch...: or, single them out 24:5 burn: 
or, heap 


Ezekiel 24:9 643 Ezekiel 25:13 


top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody 
city! I will even make the pile for fire great. !° Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and 
spice it well, and let the bones be burned. 1! Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass 
of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may 
be consumed. 1? She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her 
scum shall be in the fire. 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not 
purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon 
thee. 141 the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will 1 
spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, 
saith the Lord GOD. 

15 q Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !© Son of man, behold, I take away from thee 
the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears 


run down.t 17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, 


and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.#§ 18 So I 
spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was 
commanded. 

19q And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest 
so? 20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21 Speak unto the house of 
Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, 
the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye 
have left shall fall by the sword.** 22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat 
the bread of men. 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall 
not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. 24Thus 
Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye 
shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from 
them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their 
minds, their sons and their daughters,*t 26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to 
cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, 
and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know 
that Iam the LORD. 


22 

1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against the 
Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord 
GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; 
and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went 
into captivity; 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they 
shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall 
drink thy milk.” 5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for 
flocks: and ye shall know that Iam the LORD. ©For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped 
thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of 
Israel;t#8 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to 
the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: 
I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that Iam the LORD.** 

8 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is 
like unto all the heathen; 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his 
cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, tt 
10Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites 
may not be remembered among the nations.## 1 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they 
shall know that I am the LORD. 

12 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking 
vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;8§ 13 Therefore thus saith the 





t 24:16 run down: Heb. go t 24:17 Forbear: Heb. Be silent 8 24:17 lips: Heb. upper lip ae 24:21 that...: Heb. the pity of 
your soul tt 24:25 that...: Heb. the lifting up of their soul : 25:4 men: Heb. children t 25:6 hands: Heb. hand # 25:6 
feet: Heb. foot § 25:6 heart: Heb. soul as 25:7 a spoil: or, meat tit 25:9 side...: Heb. shoulder of Moab + 25:10 with...: 
or, against the children of Ammon 88 95:12 by...: Heb. by revenging revengement 


Ezekiel 25:14 644 Ezekiel 27:3 


Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and 
I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.*** 14 And I will lay my 
vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine 
anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. 

15 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken 
vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;ttt 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and 
destroy the remnant of the sea coast.*## 17 and I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious 
rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.S8$ 


26 

1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken 
that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, 0 Tyrus, and will cause many nations 
to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of 
Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a 
rock. 5It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the 
Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. © And her daughters which are in the field shall 
be slain by the sword; and they shall know that Iam the LORD. 

7q For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a 
king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and 
much people. ®He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against 
thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.* 9 And he shall set engines of 
war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. !By reason of the abundance 
of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the 
wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is 
made a breach.t 11 with the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy 
people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. 12 And they shall make 
a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and 
destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of 
the water.* 13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no 
more heard. 14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; 
thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 

15q Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the 
wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? 16 Then all the princes of the sea 
shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: 
they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every 
moment, and be astonished at thee.S 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, 
How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in 
the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!** 18 Now shall the 
isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. 
19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not 
inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 2° When I shall 
bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee 
in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be 
not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; 211 will make thee a terror, and thou shalt 
be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Gop.tt 

27 


1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation 
for Tyrus; 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of 





‘J 25:13 they...: or, they shall fall by the sword unto Dedan tit 25:15 for the...: or, with perpetual hatred Hy 25:16 sea 
coast: or, haven of the sea S88 95.17 great vengeance: Heb. great vengeances i 26:8 cast... or, pour out the engine of shot 
t 26:10 as men...: Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up t 26:12 thy pleasant...: Heb. houses of thy desire 8 26:16 
trembling: Heb. tremblings wn 26:17 of...: Heb. of the seas tt 26:21 a terror: Heb. terrors 


Ezekiel 27:4 645 Ezekiel 27:36 


the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 0 Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.” 
4Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.t 5 They have made all 
thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.* 6 Of 
the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches 
of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.8** 7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that 
which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which 
covered thee.tt 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that 
were in thee, were thy pilots. ?The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: 
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.*¥ 10 They of Persia 
and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; 
they set forth thy comeliness. 1! The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, 
and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they 
have made thy beauty perfect. 12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of 
riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. 3 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were 
thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.S8 14 They of the 
house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. 15 The men of Dedan were 
thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns 
of ivory and ebony. 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: 
they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and 
agate.,"**ttt 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market 
wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.+#* 18 Damascus was thy merchant in the 
multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white 
wool. !9Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, 
were in thy market.$8§ 20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.” 21 Arabia, and 
all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy 
merchants.t 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy 
fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, 
the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 24 These were thy merchants in all 
sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and 
made of cedar, among thy merchandise.¥§ 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and 
thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. 

26 q Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst 
of the seas.”* 27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, 
and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company 
which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.tt## 28 The 
suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.8§ 29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, 
and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; 3° And 
shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their 
heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 3! And they shall make themselves utterly bald for 
thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter 
wailing. 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, 
What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 When thy wares went forth out of 
the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy 
riches and of thy merchandise. 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of 
the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. 35 All the inhabitants 
of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in 
their countenance. 3° The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and 





* 27:3 of perfect...: Heb. perfect of beauty t 27:4 midst: Heb. heart # 27:5 made: Heb. built 8 27:6 the company...: or, they 
have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden om, 27:6 company: Heb. daughter tt 27:7 blue...: or, purple and scarlet + 27:9 
calkers: or, stoppers of chinks: Heb. strengtheners, etc §§ 27:13 market: or, merchandise ye 27:16 the wares...: Heb. thy works 
ttt 27:16 agate: or, chrysoprase +t 27:17 balm: or, rosin §8§ 27:19 going...: or, Meuzal = 27:20 precious...: Heb. clothes 
of freedom Tf 27:21 they occupied...: Heb. they were the merchants of thy hand # 27:24 all...: or, excellent things 8 97:24 
clothes: Heb. foldings * 27:26 midst: Heb. heart tt 27:27 and in...: or, even with all + 27:27 midst of the seas: Heb. heart, 


etc §§ 27:28 suburbs: or, waves 


Ezekiel 28:1 646 Ezekiel 29:3 


never shalt be any more." "ttt 


28 

1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, 
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the 
seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart 
as the heart of God:* 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from 
thee: 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten 
gold and silver into thy treasures: 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy 
riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:t Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because 
thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the 
terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they 
shall defile thy brightness. § They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of 
them that are slain in the midst of the seas. 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? 
but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.* 19 Thou shalt die the deaths 
of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 

11 q Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !2 Son of man, take up a lamentation 
upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of 
wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was 
thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the 
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared 
in thee in the day that thou wast created.S**tt 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and 
I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the 
midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till 
iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee 
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: 
and I will destroy thee, 0 covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 1” Thine heart was 
lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast 
thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18 Thou hast defiled thy 
sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring 
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in 
the sight of all them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished 
at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.** 

20q Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2! Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and 
prophesy against it, 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will 
be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed 
judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into 
her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; 
and they shall know that I am the LORD. 

24q And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of 
all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 25 Thus 
saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom 
they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in 
their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build 
houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments 
upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their 


God.SS*** 


1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came 
unto me, saying, * Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, 
and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine 





aa ttt a t 
27:36 a terror: Heb. terrors 27:36 never...: Heb. shalt not be for ever 28:2 midst: Heb. heart 28:5 thy great...: 


ct 
Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom t 28:9 of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth 8 98:13 sardius: or, ruby 28:13 
beryl: or, chrysolite me 28:13 emerald: or, chrysoprase + 28:19 a terror: Heb. terrors §§ 28:26 safely: or, with confidence 


28:26 despise: or, spoil 


Ezekiel 29:4 647 Ezekiel 30:12 


own, and I have made it for myself. 4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy 
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish 
of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and 
all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor 
gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.” 6 And 
all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to 
the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their 
shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. 

8 q Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and 
beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am 
the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 1° Behold, therefore I am against 
thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the 
tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.t#§ 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot 
of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 12 And I will make the land of 
Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are 
laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will 
disperse them through the countries. 

13 q Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the 
people whither they were scattered: ! And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause 
them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base 
kingdom.**tt 15 {t shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the 
nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. !6 And it shall be no 
more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they 
shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 

17 q And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the 
month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !8 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder 
was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the 
wages for his army.** 20] have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against 
it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Gop.S§ 

21 q In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the 
opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that Iam the LORD. 


30 

1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, 
a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great 
pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and 
her foundations shall be broken down.” 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, 
and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.t* © Thus saith 
the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from 
the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.S 7 And they shall be desolate 
in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that 
are wasted. 8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all 
her helpers shall be destroyed.** 9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make 
the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it 
cometh. 1° Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. !! He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be 
brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the 
slain. !2 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make 





. 29:5 open...: Heb. face of the field t 29:10 utterly...: Heb. wastes of waste + 29:10 from...: or, from Migdol to Syene § 29:10 
Syene: Heb. Seveneh a 29:14 habitation: or, birth si 29:14 base: Heb. low +t 29:19 take her spoil...: Heb. spoil her spoil, 
and prey her prey 88 99:20 for his... or, for his hire * 30:4 pain: or, fear t 30:5 Libya: Heb. Phut # 30:5 men: Heb. 
children 8 30:6 from... or, from Migdol to Syene oy 30:8 destroyed: Heb. broken 


Ezekiel 30:13 648 Ezekiel 31:15 


the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.1t## 13 Thus 
saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and 
there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14 AndI 
will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.8$ 15 And I will 


pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.*** 16 And I will 
set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses 
daily. 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into 
captivity. ttt### 18 at Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes 
of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her 
daughters shall go into captivity.8§§ 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know 
that Iam the LORD. 

20 q And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that 
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2! Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of 
Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold 
the sword. 2? Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will 
break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 
23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 
24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break 
Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But 
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they 
shall know that Iam the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he 
shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and 
disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 


1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the 
word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2? Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his 
multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 

3 q Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, 
and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.” 4 The waters made him great, the 
deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers 
unto all the trees of the field.t#§ 5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and 
his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when 
he shot forth.” © All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did 
all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7 Thus 
was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. The cedars 
in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees 
were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 91 have 
made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of 
God, envied him. 

10q Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath 
shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 111 have therefore 
delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have 
driven him out for his wickedness.*t 12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and 
have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are 
broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and 
have left him. !3 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field 
shall be upon his branches: 14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for 
their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their 
height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in 
the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.** 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 





KK 
tt 30:12 dry: Heb. drought + 30:12 all...: Heb. the fulness thereof 8§ 30:14 Zoan: or, Tanis 30:15 Sin: or, Pelusium 
* 
ttt 30:17 Aven: or, Heliopolis #44 30:17 Pi-beseth: or, Pubastum §8§ 30:18 darkened: or, restrained 31:3 with fair 
branches: Heb. fair of branches t 31:4 made...: or, nourished him # 31:4 set...: or, brought him up § 31:4 little rivers: or, 


aK 
conduits 31:5 when...: or, when it sent them forth tt 31:11 he...: Heb. in doing he shall do unto him +4 31:14 their 
trees...: or, stand upon themselves for their height 


Ezekiel 31:16 649 Ezekiel 32:25 


In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I 
restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for 
him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.S§ 161 made the nations to shake at the sound of his 
fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the 
choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 
17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his 
arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. 

18g To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou 
be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst 
of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith 
the Lord GOD. 


1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that 
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king 
of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the 
seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their 


rivers.” 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of 
many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast 
thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I 
will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill 
the valleys with thy height. ©1 will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even 
to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.t 7 And when shall put thee out, I will cover the 
heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give 
her light.¥ 8 all the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, 
saith the Lord Gop.S** 91 will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction 
among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.tt 10 Yea, I will make many people 
amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before 
them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. 

114 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the 
swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they 
shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 131 will destroy also all 
the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, 
nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. '4 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to 
run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall 
be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they 
know that lam the LORD.## 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters 
of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, 
saith the Lord GOD. 

17 q It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of 
the LORD came unto me, saying, !8 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, 
even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them 
that go down into the pit. !9 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the 
uncircumcised. 2°They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the 
sword: draw her and all her multitudes.8§ 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of 
the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the 
sword. 2? Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the 
sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of 
them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living."** 24 There is Elam and 
all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down 
uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet 
have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst 
of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by 





* 
31:15 to mourn: Heb. to be blac! 32:2 whale: or, dragon 32:6 the land wherein...: or, the land of thy swimmin 32:7 
§§ b. to be black hale: on dragon T he land wh he land of thy et 
KK 
put...: or, extinguish thee § 32:8 bright...: Heb. lights of the light in heaven 32:8 dark: Heb. them dark tt 32:9 vex: 
Heb. provoke to anger, or, grief + 32:15 destitute...: Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof 88 32:20 she...: or, the sword is laid 


32:23 terror: or, dismaying 


Ezekiel 32:26 650 Ezekiel 33:22 


the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame 
with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 2° There is Meshech, Tubal, 
and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, 
though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 2” And they shall not lie with the mighty 
that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they 
have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they 
were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.ttt 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of 
the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings, 
and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall 
lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.t## 30 There be the princes of the 
north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they 
are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear 
their shame with them that go down to the pit. 3! Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over 
all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 32 For I have 
caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with 
them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. 


33 

1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy 
people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man 
of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:” 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, 
he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and 
taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.t 5 He 
heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh 
warning shall deliver his soul. © But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, 
and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken 
away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. 

7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt 
hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, 
thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die 
in his iniquity; but his blood willI require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his 
way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered 
thy soul. 

10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our 
transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? ! Say 
unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house 
of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the 
righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he 
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be 
able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he 
shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall 
not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 14 Again, when I say 
unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;+ 
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without 
committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 1 None of his sins that he hath committed 
shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 

17q Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way 
is not equal. 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall 
even die thereby. 1° But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, 
he shall live thereby. 

20 q Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after 
his ways. 

21q And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the 
month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 22 Now 





* 
Tt 32:27 with their...: Heb. with weapons of their war Ht 32:29 laid: Heb. given, or, put 33:2 When...: Heb. A land when I 
bring a sword upon her T 33:4 whosoever...: Heb. he that hearing heareth t 33:14 that...: Heb. judgment and justice 


Ezekiel 33:23 651 Ezekiel 34:16 


the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened 
my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 
23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of 
the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the 
land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with 
the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye 
stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall 
ye possess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that 
are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to 
be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.§ 28 For I will lay 
the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be 


desolate, that none shall pass through.** 29 Then shall they know that Iam the LORD, when I have laid 
the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. 

30 q Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls 
and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I 
pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.tt 31 And they come unto 
thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but 
they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their 
covetousness.?#§$*** 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant 
voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.ttt 33 And 
when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among 
them. 


34 

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds 
of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the 
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3 Ye eat the fat, 
and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 4 The diseased have 
ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which 
was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that 
which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 5 And they were scattered, because 
there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.” 
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered 
upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. 

7q Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; ® As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely 
because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there 
was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, 
and fed not my flock;t 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; !°Thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to 
cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver 
my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 

11 q For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I 
seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy 
and dark day.* 13 And 1 will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and 
will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all 
the inhabited places of the country. 41 will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains 
of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon 
the mountains of Israel. 151 will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 
16] will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that 
which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I 
will feed them with judgment. 





§ 33:27 to be...: Heb. to devour him si 33:28 most...: Heb. desolation and desolation tt 33:30 against thee: of, of thee 
+ 33:31 as the...: Heb. according to the coming of the people §§ 33:31 they sit...: or, my people sit before thee — 33:31 
they shew...: Heb. they make loves, or, jests ttt 33:32 a very...: Heb. a song of loves = 34:5 because...: or, without a shepherd 
t 34:8 because...: or, without a shepherd # 34:12 As...: Heb. According to the seeking 


Ezekiel 34:17 652 Ezekiel 36:3 


17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, 


between the rams and the he goats.$** 18 seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good 
pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the 
deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye 
have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle 
and between the lean cattle. 21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the 
diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 2? Therefore will I save my flock, and they 
shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 23 And I will set up one shepherd 
over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their 
shepherd. 24 And1I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD 
have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease 
out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will 
make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in 
his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 2” And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the 
earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that Iam the LORD, 
when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served 
themselves of them. 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the 
land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 29 And I will raise up 
for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear 
the shame of the heathen any more.tt## 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with 
them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. 31 And ye my flock, 
the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. 


35 

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount 
Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 0 mount Seir, I am 
against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.” 41 will 
lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 5Because thou 
hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword 
in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:t#8 6 Therefore, as | live, saith 
the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated 
blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it 
him that passeth out and him that returneth.”** 8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy 
hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. 91 will make 
thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 

10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will 
possess it; whereas the LORD was there:tt 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do 
according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against 
them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. 12 And thou shalt know 
that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the 
mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.** 13 Thus with your 
mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.8§ 
M4Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst 
rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou 
shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 


36 
1Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear 
the word of the LORD: ? Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, 
even the ancient high places are ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a 





§ 34:17 cattle: Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids ae 34:17 he goats: Heb. great he goats + 34:29 of renown: or, for 
renown ¥# 34:29 consumed: Heb. taken away _ 35:3 most...: Heb. desolation and desolation t 35:5 perpetual...: or, hatred 
ofold * 35:5 shed...: Heb. poured out the children 8 35:5 force: Heb. hands fs 35:7 most...: Heb. desolation and desolation 
tt 35:10 whereas...: or, though the LORD was there +4 35:12 to consume: Heb. to devour 8§ 35:13 boasted: Heb. magnified 


Ezekiel 36:4 653 Ezekiel 36:36 


possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy 


of the people:*t 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the 
Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, 
and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that 
are round about;* 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken 
against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their 
possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. © Prophesy 
therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and 
to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because 
ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine 
hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 

8q But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people 
of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall 
be tilled and sown: 1° And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the 
cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; 
and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better 
unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 12 Yea, I will cause men to 
walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, 
and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. !3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say 
unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; 14 Therefore thou shalt devour 
men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.S 15 Neither will I cause men 
to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people 
any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. 

16 q Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, !7 Son of man, when the house of Israel 
dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before 
me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. !8 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood 
that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And I scattered 
them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and 
according to their doings I judged them. 2° And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they 
went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and 
are gone forth out of his land. 

21q But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, 
whither they went. 2? Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not 
this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among 
the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the 
heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, 
saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.”* 24 For I will take you from 
among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 

25 q Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and 
from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my 
judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be 
my people, and I will be your God. 291 will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for 
the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 3° And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, 
and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 
31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe 
yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do 
I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O 
house of Israel. 33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your 
iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 34 And the desolate 
land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This 
land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities 
are become fenced, and are inhabited. 3° Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that 





36:3 Because: Heb. Because for because t 36:3 are...: or, ye are made to come up on the lip of the tongue + 36:4 rivers: or, 


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bottoms, or, dales § 36:14 bereave: or, cause to fall 36:23 their: or, your 


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I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I 
will do it. 37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for 
them; I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her 
solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the 
LORD.*t 


37 

1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down 
in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, 
behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.” 3 And he said unto me, Son 
of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, 
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5Thus saith 
the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: © And 
I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath 
in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: 
and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his 
bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them 
above: but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, 
son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and 
breathe upon these slain, that they may live.t 1° So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath 
came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 

11q Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, 
Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say 
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 0 my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to 
come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am the 
LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 4 And 
shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know 
that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. 

15q The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 1° Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one 
stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another 
stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. 

18q And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what 
thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of 
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with 
him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. 

20 q And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. 21 And say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, 
whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 AndI 
will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them 
all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at 
all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, 
nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they 
have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And David 
my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my 
judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. #5 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given 
unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and 
their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for 
ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with 
them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for 
evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be 
in the midst of them for evermore. 


38 
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land 
of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,” 3 And say, Thus saith the 





* * 
tt 36:38 holy...: Heb. flock of holy things 37:2 valley: or, champaign t 37:9 wind: or, breath 38:2 the chief...: or, prince 
of the chief 


Ezekiel 38:4 655 Ezekiel 39:7 


Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, 0 Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And! will turn thee 
back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, 
all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them 
handling swords: 5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:t Gomer, 
and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people 
with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled 
unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 

8 q After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is 
brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, 
which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all 
of them. ° Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, 
and all thy bands, and many people with thee. !° Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, 
that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:* 11 and 
thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell 
safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,8 12To take a spoil, and to 
take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people 
that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the 


land.**tt 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall 
say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry 
away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? 

14q Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when 
my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out 
of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, 
and a mighty army: 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; 
it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, 
when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. !” Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he 
of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those 
days many years that I would bring thee against them?## 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time 
when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my 
face. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be 
a great shaking in the land of Israel; 2° So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and 
the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon 
the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the 
steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.§§ 21 And | will call for a sword against 
him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. 
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his 
bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, 
and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of 
many nations, and they shall know that Iam the LORD. 


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1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am 
against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but 
the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon 
the mountains of Israel:*t 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows 
to fall out of thy right hand. 4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and 
the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of 
the field to be devoured.*§ 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord 
GOD.** 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they 
shall know that I am the LORD.'tT 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people 





t 38:5 Libya: or, Phut # 38:10 think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose 8 38:1 safely: or, confidently a 38:12 To 
take...: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the prey TT 38:12 midst: Heb. navel +t 38:17 by: Heb. by the hand of 8§ 38:20 
steep...: or, towers, or, stairs 39:2 leave...: or, strike thee with six plagues: or, draw thee back with an hook of six teeth t 39:2 
the north...: Heb. the sides of the north # 39:4 sort: Heb. wing § 30:4 to be... Heb. to devour - 39:5 the open...: Heb. the 
face of the field tt 39:6 carelessly: or, confidently 


Ezekiel 39:8 656 Ezekiel 40:4 


Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the 
LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 

8 q Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. 9 And 
they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both 
the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they 
shall burn them with fire seven years:¥#8§ 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither 
cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those 
that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. 

11q Andit shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the 
valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there 
shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.” TTT 12 and 
seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 1 Yea, all 
the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, 
saith the Lord GOD. 14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the 
land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the 
end of seven months shall they search.*## 15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when 
any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of 
Hamon-gog.SS§ 16 and also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.” 

17q And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every 
beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that 
I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and 
drink blood.t¥ 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, 
of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.§ 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye 
be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 2° Thus ye 
shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the 
Lord GOD. #! And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment 
that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that 
Tam the LORD their God from that day and forward. 

23 q And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: 
because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand 
of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their 
transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and 
will be jealous for my holy name; 2° After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses 
whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them 
afraid. 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ 
lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28 Then shall they know that I am the 
LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered 
them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.”” 2° Neither will I hide my face 
any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 


40 

1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the 
month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD 
was upon me, and brought me thither. 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, 
and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.” 3 And he 
brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, 
with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. 4 And the man said unto 
me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I 
shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all 
that thou seest to the house of Israel. 





+ 39:9 handstaves: or, javelins §§ 39:9 burn them...: or, make a fire of them ee 39:11 noses: or, mouths ttt 39:11 
Hamon-gog: that is, The multitude of Gog HH 39:14 men... Heb. men of continuance $88 39.15 set up: Heb. build sy 39:16 
Hamonah: that is, The multitude t 39:17 unto...: Heb. to the fowl of every wing + 39:17 my sacrifice: or, my slaughter § 39:18 
goats: Heb. great goats ge 39:28 which...: Heb. by my causing of them, etc i 40:2 by which: or, upon which 


Ezekiel 40:5 657 Ezekiel 40:36 


5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring 
reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, 
one reed; and the height, one reed. 

6 q Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and 
measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which 


was one reed broad.t 7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between 
the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was 
one reed. 8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. Then measured he the porch of 
the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. !° And 
the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were 
of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 1! And he measured the 
breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12The space also 
before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the 
little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.* 13 He measured then the gate 
from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door 
against door. 14He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about 
the gate. 15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate 
were fifty cubits. 16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the 
gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each 


post were palm trees.8**tt 17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, 
and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. 18 And the 
pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. !9 Then 
he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court 
without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.++ 

20q And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, 
and the breadth thereof.S§ 21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that 
side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length 
thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.*** 22 And their windows, and their 
arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they 
went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them. 23 And the gate of the inner 
court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to 
gate an hundred cubits. 

24q After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured 
the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. 25 And there were windows in it 
and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth 
five and twenty cubits. 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before 
them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. 

27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate 
toward the south an hundred cubits. 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and 
he measured the south gate according to these measures; 29 And the little chambers thereof, and the 
posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and 
in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 3° And 


the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.ttt 31 And the arches 
thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to 
it had eight steps. 

32. q And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according 
to these measures. 33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, 
were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round 
about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 34 And the arches thereof were toward 
the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the 
going up to it had eight steps. 

35 q And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures; 36 The little 
chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the 





t 40:6 which looketh...: Heb. whose face was the way toward the east t 40:12 space: Heb. limit, or, bound § 40:16 narrow: Heb. 
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closed 40:16 arches: or, galleries, or, porches tt 40:16 inward: or, within +f 40:19 without: or, from without §§ 40:20 
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that looked: Heb. whose face was 40:21 arches: or, galleries, or, porches ttt 40:30 broad: Heb. breadth 


Ezekiel 40:37 658 Ezekiel 41:15 


length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 37 And the posts thereof were toward the 
utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going 
up to it had eight steps. 38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, 
where they washed the burnt offering. 

39 q And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay 
thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. 4° And at the side without, 
as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at 


the porch of the gate, were two tables.*## 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, 
by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. 42 And the four tables were of 
hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one 
cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the 
sacrifice. 43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the 
flesh of the offering.S8§ 

44q And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the 
side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having 
the prospect toward the north. 45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the 


south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.” 46 And the chamber whose prospect 
is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok 
among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. 47 So he measured the 
court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before 
the house. 

48 q And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits 
on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and 
three cubits on that side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; 
and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on 
this side, and another on that side. 


1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, 
and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. 2 And the breadth of 
the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on 
the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.” 
3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and 
the breadth of the door, seven cubits. 4So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the 
breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. 5 After he 
measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round 
about the house on every side. © And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in 
order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that 


they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.t¥§ 7 And there was an enlarging, 
and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still 
upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased 


from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.** 81 saw also the height of the house round about: 
the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. 9 The thickness of the wall, 
which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the 
side chambers that were within. !° And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round 
about the house on every side. 11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, 
one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was 
left was five cubits round about. 

12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits 
broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety 
cubits. 13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, 
with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; 14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of 
the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. !5 And he measured the length of the building 
over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on 





* 

+4 40:40 as one...: or, at the step §8§ 40:43 hooks: or, andirons, or, the two hearthstones 40:45 charge: or, ward, or, 
* 

ordinance 41:2 door: or, entrance t 41:6 one...: Heb. side chamber over side chamber t 41:6 thirty...: or, three and thirty 


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times, or, foot § 41:6 have hold: Heb. be holden 41:7 there...: Heb. it was made broader, and went round 


Ezekiel 41:16 659 Ezekiel 42:18 


the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;tt 16 The door 
posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the 
door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were 


covered;##8S 17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall 


round about within and without, by measure.” 18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, 
so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19 So that 
the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the 
palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. 2° From the ground unto 
above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. 2! The posts of the 
temple were squared, and the face atthe sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the 
other.t tt 22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners 
thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the 
table that is before the LORD. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 And the doors 
had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. 
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were 
made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. 26 And there were 
narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and 
upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. 


42 


1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me 
into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward 
the north. 2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty 
cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement 
which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 And before the chambers 
was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 5 Now 
the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than 


the middlemost of the building.*t 6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars 
of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from 
the ground. 7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on 
the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers 
that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 9 And 
from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter 


court.+8** 10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against 
the separate place, and over against the building. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance 
of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings 
out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12 And according to the doors 
of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly 
before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. 

13. q Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the 
separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the 
most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, 
and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go 
out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; 
for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the 
people. 

15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the 
gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16 He measured the east side 
with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.tt 17 He measured 
the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 18 He measured the south 
side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 





tt 41:15 galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars +f 41:16 cieled...: Heb. cieling of wood §§ 41:16 and from...: or, and 
KK * 

the ground unto the windows 41:17 measure: Heb. measures Tt 41:21 posts: Heb. post 42:5 were higher...: or, did 

eat of these t 42:5 than the lower...: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost t 42:9 from under: or, from 


cot 
the place § 42:9 the entry: or, he that brought me 42:9 as...: or, as he came tt 42:16 side: Heb. wind 


Ezekiel 42:19 660 Ezekiel 43:27 


19 q He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 
20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred 
broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. 


1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: 2 And, behold, the 
glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: 
and the earth shined with his glory. 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, 
even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the 


vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.” 4 And the glory of the LORD came into 
the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. 5 So the spirit took me up, and 
brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. ¢ And I heard him 
speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. 

7q And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, 
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house 
of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their 
kings in their high places. 8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my 
posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations 
that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.t 9 Now let them put away 
their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for 
ever. 

10 q Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their 
iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.* 11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, 
shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings 
in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all 
the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the 
ordinances thereof, and do them. 12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the 
whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. 

13q And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; 
even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof 
round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.8** 14 And from the bottom 
upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the 
lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 15 So the altar shall 
be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.tt¥# 16 And the altar shall be twelve 
cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. 1” And the settle shall be fourteen cubits 
long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and 
the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. 

18q And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar 
in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 
19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, 
to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. 2° And thou shalt take of 
the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon 
the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 2! Thou shalt take the bullock also of the 
sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And 
on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall 
cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, 
thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. 24 And 
thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer 
them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for asin 
offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. 26 Seven 
days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.88 27 And when 
these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your 


burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.*** 





* 

43:3 when...: or, when I came to prophesy that the city should be destroyed t 43:8 and the...: or, for there was but a wall between 
KK 

meandthem * 43:10 pattern: or, sum, or, number § 43:13 bottom: Heb. bosom 43:13 edge: Heb. lip tt 43:15 the altar 

shall: Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of God + 43:15 the altar and: Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God §§ 43:26 consecrate...: 


AK 
Heb. fill their hands 43:27 peace...: or, thank offerings 


Ezekiel 44:1 661 Ezekiel 44:29 


44 

1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the 
east; and it was shut. 2? Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, 
and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore 
it shall be shut. 3It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall 
enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. 

4q Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the 
glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. 5 And the LORD said unto 
me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto 
thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well 


the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. t 6 And thou shalt say to the 
rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 0 ye house of Israel, let it suffice you 
of all your abominations, 7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, 
and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, 
the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.* 8 And ye 
have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary 
for yourselves.§ 

9q Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall 
enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. 

10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away 
from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. !! Yet they shall be ministers in my 
sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the 
burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto 
them. 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall 
into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall 


bear their iniquity.** 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, 
nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and 
their abominations which they have committed. 14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the 
house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. 

15 q But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the 
children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall 
stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: 1¢They shall enter into my 
sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 

17q And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be 
clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of 
the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen 
breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.tt 19 and 
when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their 
garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other 
garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. 2° Neither shall they shave their 
heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. 21 Neither shall any priest 
drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, 
nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that 


had a priest before.+#8§ 23 and they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, 
and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 74 And in controversy they shall stand 
in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my 
statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25 And they shall come at no dead 
person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or 
for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall 
reckon unto him seven days. 2” And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, 
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD. 28 And it shall be unto 
them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am 
their possession. 29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; 





* 

44:5 mark well: Heb. set thine heart t 44:5 mark well: Heb. set thine heart t 44:7 strangers: Heb. children of a stranger 
aK 

S s4:8 my charge: or, my ward, or, ordinance 44:12 caused...: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc tt 44:18 

with...: or, in sweating places: Heb. in, or, with sweat +4 44:22 put...: Heb. thrust forth §§ 44:22 that had...: Heb. from a priest 


Ezekiel 44:30 662 Ezekiel 45:25 


and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.*** 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, 
and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the 
priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.ttt 31 The priests 
shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. 


45 
1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the 
LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, 


and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.”t 
2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square 
round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.* 3 And of this measure shalt thou 
measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the 
sanctuary and the most holy place. 4The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers 
of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their 
houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the 
ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a 
possession for twenty chambers. 

6q And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand 
long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. 

7q And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the 
holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the 
possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length 
shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. 8 In the land shall 
be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land 
shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. 

9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and 
execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GODS 1° Ye 
shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. !! The ephah and the bath shall be of one 
measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an 
homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty 
shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. 

13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye 
shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the 
bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten 
baths are an homer: 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of 
Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for 
them, saith the Lord GOD.**tT 16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in 
Israel.##88 17 And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink 
offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of 
Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace 


offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel."** 18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first 
month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the 
sanctuary: 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the 
house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner 
court. 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that 
is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. 2! In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, 
ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 And upon that 
day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. 
23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven 
rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. 24 And he 
shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for 
an ephah. 25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast 


ARK 





* 

44:29 dedicated: or, devoted ttt 44:30 And the first: or, And the chief 45:1 when...: Heb. when ye cause the land to fall 
RK 

t 45:1 an holy...: Heb. holiness # 45:2 suburbs: or, void places § 45:9 exactions: Heb. expulsions 45:15 lamb: or, kid 


tt ‘ $4 §§ ; eK 
45:15 peace...: or, thank offerings 45:16 shall...: Heb. shall be for 45:16 for: or, with 45:17 peace...: or, thank 
offerings 


Ezekiel 46:1 663 Ezekiel 47:2 


of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the 
meat offering, and according to the oil. 


1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut 
the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall 
be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand 
by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he 
shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until 
the evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD 
in the sabbaths and in the new moons. 4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the 
LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. 5 And the meat 
offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and 


an hin of oil to an ephah.” © And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, 
and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. 7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an 
ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, 
and an hin of oil to an ephah. 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch 
of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. 

9q But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth 
in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth 
by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way 
of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. 19 And the prince in the midst of 
them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 4 And in the feasts and 
in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to 
the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 12 Now when the prince shall prepare a 
voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the 
gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he 
did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 13 Thou 
shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou 
shalt prepare it every morning.t¥ 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the 
sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering 
continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. !5 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the 
meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. 

16 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof 
shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance. !’ But if he give a gift of his inheritance to 
one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his 
inheritance shall be his sons’ for them. 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance 
by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his 
own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. 

19q After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers 
of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. 
20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin 
offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to 
sanctify the people. 2! Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the 
four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.8 22 In the four 
corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners 


were of one measure.” tt 23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them 
four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. 24Then said he unto me, These 
are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. 


47 
1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from 
under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the 
waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. 2 Then 
brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter 





* 
46:5 as he...: Heb. the gift of his hand t 46:13 of the...: Heb. a son of his year t 46:13 every...: Heb. morning by morning 
aK 
§ 46:21 in every...: Heb, a court in a corner of a court, and a court in a corner of a court 46:22 joined: or, made with chimneys 


tt 46:22 corners were...: Heb. cornered, etc 


Ezekiel 47:3 664 Ezekiel 48:7 


gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when 
the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he 
brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.” 4 Again he measured a thousand, and 
brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and 
brought me through; the waters were to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a 
river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be 
passed over.t 

6q And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to 
return to the brink of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very 
many trees on the one side and on the other.* 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward 
the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the 
sea, the waters shall be healed.§ 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, 
whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because 
these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river 
cometh.** 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto 
En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the 
fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall 
not be healed; they shall be given to salt.tt 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and 
on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be 
consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out 
of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.+#88*** 

13 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according 
to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as 
another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall 
unto you for inheritance.ttt 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the 
great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; !©Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the 
border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.+#+ 
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, 
and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, 
and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the 
east sea. And this is the east side.88$ 19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters 
of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward." t+ 20 The west side 
also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. 
21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 

22 q And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the 
strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you 
as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the 
tribes of Israel. 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye 
give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. 


48 
1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, 
as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for 


these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.” 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto 
the west side, a portion for Asher. 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west 
side, a portion for Naphtali. 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a 
portion for Manasseh. ° And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion 
for Ephraim. © And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for 
Reuben. 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. 





. 47:3 the waters were...: Heb. waters of the ankles t 47:5 waters to...: Heb. waters of swimming # 47:7 bank: Heb. lip 8 ang 
desert: or, plain a 47:9 rivers: Heb. two rivers tt 47:11 shall not...: or, and that which shall not be healed +t 47:12 shall 
grow: Heb. shall come up 88 4712 new: or, principal ae 47:12 for medicine: or, for bruises and sores tt 47:14 lifted...: 
or, swore $44 47:16 Hazar-hatticon: or, the middle village §8§ 47:18 from (Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, the land): Heb. from 
between . 47:19 strife: or, Meribah t 47:19 river: or, valley t 47:19 is the south side southward: or, is the south side toward 


* 
Teman 48:1 a portion: Heb. one portion 


Ezekiel 48:8 665 Ezekiel 48:35 


8q And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye 
shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the 
east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. The oblation that ye shall 
offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. 
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty 
thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand 
in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD 
shall be in the midst thereof. "It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which 
have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites 
went astray.t# 12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy 
by the border of the Levites. 13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five 
and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty 
thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. !4 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate 
the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. 

15q And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, 
shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst 
thereof. 1° And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and 
the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, 
and the west side four thousand and five hundred. !” And the suburbs of the city shall be toward 
the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two 
hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 18 And the residue in length over against 
the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall 
be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them 
that serve the city. 19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. 2° All the 
oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation 
foursquare, with the possession of the city. 

21 q And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, 
and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward 
the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over 
against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house 
shall be in the midst thereof. 22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession 
of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border 
of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 3 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west 
side, Benjamin shall have a portion.S 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west 
side, Simeon shall have a portion. 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, 
Issachar a portion. 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a 
portion. 2” And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. 28 And by 
the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters 
of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea."” 2° This is the land which ye shall divide by 
lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. 

30 q And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred 
measures. 

31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; 
one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five 
hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. 33 And at the 
south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate 
of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. 34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three 
gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 35/t was round about eighteen thousand 


measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.tt 





u 48:11 It...: or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests + 48:11 charge: or, ward, or, ordinance § 48:23 a portion: Heb. 
ct 
one portion 48:28 strife...: or, Meribah-kadesh tt 48:35 The LORD...: Heb. Jehovah-shammah 


Daniel 1:1 666 Daniel 2:8 


The Book of Daniel 


1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part 
of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and 
he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. 

3 q And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of 
the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes; 4 Children in whom was no blemish, 
but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, 
and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning 
and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, 
and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might 


stand before the king.” © Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, 
and Azariah: 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of 
Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. 

8 q But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s 
meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he 
might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince 
of the eunuchs. !° And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath 
appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children 
which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.t* 11 Then said Daniel to 
Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,8 12 Prove 
thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.**tt 13Then 
let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the 
portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. 14So he consented to them in this 
matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer 
and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat. 1° Thus Melzar 
took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. 

174 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and 
Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.** 18 Now at the end of the days that the king had 
said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 
19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, 
Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 2° And in all matters of wisdom and 
understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians 
and astrologers that were in all his realm.8$ 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king 
Cyrus. 


2 

1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, 
wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. ?Then the king commanded to call the 
magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. 
So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and 
my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, 0 king, 
live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.” 5 The king answered 
and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, 
with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.t 
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and 
great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.* 7 They answered again 
and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. ’ The king 
answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone 





1:5 the wine...: Heb. the wine of his drink t 1:10 worse...: Heb. sadder # 1:10 sort: or, term, or, continuance? § 1:11 
Melzar: or, the steward - 1:12 pulse: Heb. of pulse tt 1:12 to eat...: Heb. that we may eat, etc +4 1:17 Daniel...: or, he 
made Daniel understand 88 1:20 wisdom...: Heb. wisdom of understanding . 2:4 O king...: (Chaldee, to the end of chapter seven) 
t 2:5 cut...: Chaldee, made pieces # 2:6 rewards: or, fee 


Daniel 2:9 667 Daniel 2:37 


from me.§ 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye 
have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me 
the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. 

10 q The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can 
shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, 
or astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that 
can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king 
was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree 
went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. 

14 q Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, 


which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: “tt 15 He answered and said to Arioch the 
king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to 
Daniel. 16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he 
would shew the king the interpretation. 1” Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known 
to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of 
heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise 
men of Babylon.##8$§ 

19 q Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of 
heaven. ?° Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and 
might are his: 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: 
he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 22 He revealeth 
the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 231 
thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast 
made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s 
matter. 

24 q Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of 
Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before 
the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before 
the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will 
make known unto the king the interpretation.“ ttt 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose 
name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the 
interpretation thereof? 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which 
the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew 
unto the king; 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king 
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, 
are these;*## 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come 
to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.$8§ 
30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but 
for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the 
thoughts of thy heart.” 

31 q Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was 
excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.t 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, 
his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,* 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of 
iron and part of clay. 34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image 
upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.8 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the 
brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer 
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone 
that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 

36 q This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37 Thou, 0 king, 
art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 





§ 2:8 gain: Chaldee, buy Ss 2:14 answered...: Chaldee, returned tt 2:14 captain...: or, chief marshal: Chaldee, chief of the 
executioners, or, slaughtermen +4 2:18 of the God: Chaldee, from before God §§ 2:18 that Daniel...: or, that they should not 
destroy Daniel, etc aah 2:25 I have...: Chaldee, That I have found Tit 2:25 captives...: Chaldee, children of the captivity of Judah 
+4 2:28 maketh...: Chaldee, hath made known §§§ 2:29 came: Chaldee, came up - 2:30 but for...: or, but for the intent that the 


interpretation may be made known to the king t 2:31 sawest: Chaldee, wast seeing t 2:32 thighs: or, sides § 934 without... 
or, which was not in hands 


Daniel 2:38 668 Daniel 3:15 


38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath 
he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39 And 
after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which 
shall bear rule over all the earth. 4° And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as 
iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in 
pieces and bruise. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, 
the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou 
sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so 


the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.** 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with 
miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, 
even as iron is not mixed with clay.tt 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up 
a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it 


shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.+#8§ 45 Forasmuch as 
thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the 
iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall 
come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure." ttt 

46 q Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that 
they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, 
Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou 
couldest reveal this secret. 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, 
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise 
men of Babylon. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. 


1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the 
breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then 
Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the 
judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to 
the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3 Then the princes, the 
governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers 
of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the 
king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4 Then an herald 


cried aloud, To you it is commanded, 0 people, nations, and languages, t 5 That at what time ye hear the 
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and 


worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:* 6 And whoso falleth not down 
and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 7 Therefore 
at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all 
kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden 
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 

8 q Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. 9 They spake and 
said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 1° Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that 
every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and 
all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:$§ 11 And whoso falleth not down and 
worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. !2There are certain Jews 
whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; 
these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image 
which thou hast set up.”” 

13q Then Nebuchadnéziab in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego. Then they brought these men before the king. !4 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, 
Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden 


image which I have set up?tt 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, 





* 2:42 broken: or, brittle tt 2:43 one...: Chaldee, this with this + 2:44 the days: Chaldee, their days 88 9.44 the kingdom: 
Chaldee, the kingdom thereof ae 2:45 without...: or, which was not in hands tit 2:45 hereafter: Chaldee, after this i 3:4 
aloud: Chaldee, with might i 3:4 it...: Chaldee, they command # 3:5 dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony 8 3:10 
dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony = 3:12 have...: Chaldee, have set no regard upon thee tt 3:14 true: or, of purpose 


Daniel 3:16 669 Daniel 4:10 


flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image 
which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning 
fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?## 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this 
matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and 
he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not 
serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 

19q Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one 
seven times more than it was wont to be heated.8§ 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that 
were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery 
furnace."** 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other 
garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.ttt### 22 Therefore because the 
king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men 
that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.$$$* 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar 
the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast 
three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, 0 king.t 25 He 
answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; 
and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.* 

26q Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. 
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.8 27 And the princes, 
governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon 
whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats 
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s 
word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. 
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss 
against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be 
made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort."*tt## 30 Then the king 
promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.S$ 


4 
1Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace 
be multiplied unto you. 21 thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath 


wrought toward me.” 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an 
everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. 

4q I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: 51 saw a dream which 
made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. ® Therefore 
made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto 
me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, 
and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the 
interpretation thereof. 

8 q But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name 
of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 9 0 
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no 
secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. 
10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and 





+ 3:15 dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony §§ 3:19 full: Chaldee, filled oe 3:20 most...: Chaldee, mighty of strength 
ttt 3:21 coats: or, mantles $44 3:21 hats: or, turbans §8§ 3:22 commandment: Chaldee, word - 3:22 flame: or, spark 
t 3:24 counsellors: or, governors $ 3:25 they...: Chaldee, there is no hurt in them § 3:26 mouth: Chaldee, door ae 3:29 I 
make...: Chaldee, a decree is made by me tt 3:29 any...: Chaldee, error +H 3:29 cut...: Chaldee, made pieces 88 3.30 promoted: 
Chaldee, made to prosper . 4:2 I thought...: Chaldee, It was seemly before me 


Daniel 4:11 670 Daniel 4:37 


the height thereof was great.t 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto 
heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit 
thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of 
the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. 131 saw in the visions of my head 
upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; !4 He cried aloud, and 
said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let 
the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:* 15 Nevertheless leave the stump 
of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it 
be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 1¢Let his 
heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over 
him. 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to 
the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it 
to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. !8 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar 
have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men 
of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit 
of the holy gods is in thee. 

19 q Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts 
troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, 
trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the 
interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 2° The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, 
whose height reached 

unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; 2! Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof 
much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches 
the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 22 It is thou, 0 king, that art grown and become strong: 
for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. 23 And 
whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree 
down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron 
and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion 
be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and 
this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: 25 That they shall drive thee 
from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass 
as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou 
know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 2° And 
whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, 
after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. 2”? Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be 
acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy 
to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.§ 

28 q All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in 
the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.” 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that 
I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my 
majesty? 3! While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king 
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. 32 And they shall drive 
thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat 
grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the 
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon 
Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with 
the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. 

34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine 
understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that 
liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to 
generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to 
his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or 
say unto him, What doest thou? 3¢ At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of 
my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought 
unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 37 Now 1 





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4:29 in: or, upon 


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Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his 
ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. 


1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the 
thousand. ? Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels 
which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, 
and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.*t 3 Then they brought the golden 
vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, 
and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4They drank wine, and praised the gods 
of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 

5 q In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon 
the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. ©Then 
the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were 
loosed, and his knees smote 

one against another.*8** 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the 
soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, 
and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his 
neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.tt## 8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they 
could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 9 Then was king 
Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.S§ 

10 q Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: 
and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy 
countenance be changed: 1! There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; 
and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was 
found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master 
of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;""* 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and 
knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving 
of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, 
and he will shew the interpretation. ttt###888 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the 
king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, 
whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?” 141 have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the 
gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. 15 And now 
the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and 
make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the 
thing: 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if 
thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed 
with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.t 

17q Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards 
to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.* 180 
thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and 
honour: 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and 
feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he 
set up; and whom he would he put down. 2° But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened 
in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:8** 21 And he was 
driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild 
asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that 
the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. tT 
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But 
hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before 





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changed: Chaldee, changed it is 5:6 joints: or, girdles: Chaldee, bindings, or, knots tt 5:7 aloud: Chaldee, with might + 5:7 
scarlet: or, purple 88 5:9 countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses wis 5:11 father: or, grandfather ttt 5:12 interpreting: or, 
of an interpreter Ht 5:12 dissolving: or, of a dissolver S88 5:12 doubts: Chaldee, knots P 5:13 father: or, grandfather 
t 5:16 make interpretations: Chaldee, interpret, etc t 5:17 rewards: or, fee § 5:20 in pride: or, to deal proudly a 5:20 
deposed: Chaldee, made to come down tt 5:21 his heart...: or, he made his heart equal, etc 


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thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast 
praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: 
and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: 24Then 
was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. 

25 q And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the 
interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 2? TEKEL; Thou 
art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to 
the Medes and Persians. 2? Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put 
a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third 
ruler in the kingdom. 

30q In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 3! And Darius the Median took the 
kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.##8§ 


1]t pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the 
whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might 
give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above 
the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him 
over the whole realm. 

4q Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; 
but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error 
or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except 
we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 

6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King 


Darius, live for ever.” 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the 
counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm 
decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he 
shall be cast into the den of lions.t 8 Now, 0 king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be 
not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.* 9 Wherefore king 
Darius signed the writing and the decree. 

10 q Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows 
being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, 
and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 

11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 
12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed 
a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, 
O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according 
to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the 
king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor 
the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. !4Then the king, when 
he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and 
he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, 
and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor 
statute which the king establisheth may be changed. !© Then the king commanded, and they brought 
Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom 
thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 Anda stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of 
the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose 
might not be changed concerning Daniel. 

18 q Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of 
musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.S 19 Then the king arose very early in the 
morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 2° And when he came to the den, he cried with a 
lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, 
is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 2! Then said Daniel unto 
the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they 
have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, 





* 
+ 5:31 being...: Chaldee, he as the son of, etc §§ 5:31 about: or, now 6:6 assembled...: or, came tumultuously t 6:7 


decree: or, interdict t 6:8 altereth not: Chaldee, passeth not § 6:18 instruments...: or, table 


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have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should 
take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found 
upon him, because he believed in his God. 

24q And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast 
them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, 
and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. 

25 q Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace 
be multiplied unto you. 261 make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and 
fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which 
shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 2” He delivereth and rescueth, and 
he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of 


the lions.”” 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. 


1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon 
his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.*t 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in 
my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four 
great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s 
wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made 
stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.* 5 And behold another beast, a second, 
like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the 
teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. © After this I beheld, and lo another, 
like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and 
dominion was given to it. 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful 
and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and 
stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it 
had ten horns. 81 considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, 
before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were 
eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 

°q I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white 
as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as 
burning fire. 1° A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered 
unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books 
were opened. 111 beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld 
even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12 As concerning 
the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season 


and time.** 13] saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds 
of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ™ And there was 
given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve 
him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which 
shall not be destroyed. 

15 q I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled 
me.tt 16] came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told 
me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 1” These great beasts, which are four, are four 
kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and 


possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.## 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth 
beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails 
of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;$§ 2° And of the ten 
horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that 
horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his 
fellows. 211 beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until 
the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came 
that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom 





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upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread 
it down, and break it in pieces. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: 
and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three 
kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the 
most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and 
times and the dividing of time. 2° But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to 
consume and to destroy it unto the end. 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the 
kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose 


kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.**” 28 Hitherto is the 
end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed 
in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. 


11In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, 
after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I 
saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and 
I was by the river of Ulai. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the 
river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and 


the higher came up last.” 41 saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that 
no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did 
according to his will, and became great. 5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the 
west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn 


between his eyes.t* 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before 
the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he 
was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no 
power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and 
there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. § Therefore the he goat waxed very great: 
and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the 
four winds of heaven. ? And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, 
toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. !° And it waxed great, even to the 
host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon 
them.§ 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was 


taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.” tt 12 And an host was given him against 
the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, 
and prospered.++ 

13q Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How 
long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both 
the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?8$*** 44 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand 
and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. ttt### 

15 q And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, 
then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man’s voice between 
the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he 
came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, 
Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. 18 Now as he was speaking with 
me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.88§ 
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the 
time appointed the end shall be. 2° The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media 
and Persia. 21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is 
the first king. 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out 
of the nation, but not in his power. 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors 


are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.” 





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24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall 
prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.t 25 And through his policy 
also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace 
shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without 


hand.* 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou 
up the vision; for it shall be for many days. 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward 
Trose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. 


1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over 


the realm of the Chaldeans;* 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number 
of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish 
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 

3 q And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and 
sackcloth, and ashes: 

4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and 
dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his 
commandments; > We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have 
rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: © Neither have we hearkened 
unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, 
and to all the people of the land. 70 Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion 
of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, 
that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because 


of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.t 80 Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, 
to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To the Lord 
our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 1° Neither have we 
obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the 
prophets. ! Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey 
thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the 
servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he 
spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the 
whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the law of 
Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we 
might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.* !4Therefore hath the LORD watched upon 
the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: 
for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the 
land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have 
done wickedly.§ 

164 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned 
away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our 
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O 
our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy 
sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. 180 my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine 
eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our 
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.” tT 190 Lord, hear; 0 
Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy 
people are called by thy name. 

20 q And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, 
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 2! Yea, 
whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.+# 22 And he informed 
me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, 1am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.8§ 





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which...: Heb, whereupon thy name is called tt 9:18 present: Heb. cause to fall +4 9:21 swiftly: Heb. with weariness, or, flight 
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23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and1 am come to shew thee; for 


thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.”* “TTT 24 seventy 
weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to 
make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, 
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.##888* 25 Know therefore and 
understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto 
the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built 
again, and the wall, even in troublous times. t#8 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah 
be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and 
the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are 
determined.**tt 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the 
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations 
he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the 


desolate +#88*** 
10 


In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called 
Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, 
and had understanding of the vision.” 2In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.t 31 ate 
no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till 
three whole weeks were fulfilled.+ 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by 
the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a 
certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:8 °His body also was like 
the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and 
his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 7 And 
I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking 
fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. ® Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great 
vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, 
and I retained no strength.”* 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his 
words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 

10q And, behold, an hand touched 

me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.tt 11 And he said unto me, O 
Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for 
unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.**§S 12 Then 
said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, 
and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 13 But the 
prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood 

me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained 
there with the kings of Persia."”* 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy 
people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. 1° And when he had spoken such words 
unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 16 And, behold, one like the similitude 
of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that 
stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no 
strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway 
there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.ttt 18 Then there came again 
and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, !° And said, O man greatly 
beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was 
strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 2° Then said he, Knowest 





ARR 
9:23 commandment: Heb. word ttt 9:23 greatly...: Heb. a man of desires +H 9:24 finish: or, restrain §8§ 9:24 


make an...: or, seal up 3 9:24 prophecy: Heb. prophet t 9:25 be built...: Heb. return and be built # 9:25 wall: or, breach, or, 
ditch § 9:25 troublous: Heb. strait of sis 9:26 but...: or, and shall have nothing tt 9:26 desolations...: or, it shall be cut off by 
desolations + 9:27 the covenant: or, a covenant §§ 9:27 for the...: or, with the abominable armies a 9:27 the desolate: 
or, the desolator a 10:1 long: Heb. great t 10:2 full...: Heb. weeks of days t 10:3 pleasant...: Heb. bread of desires 8 105 
a...: Heb, one man = 10:8 comeliness: or, vigour a 10:10 set: Heb. moved + 10:11 greatly...: Heb. of desires 8§ 10:11 
upright: Heb. upon thy standing an 10:13 chief: or, first tit 10:17 the...: or, this servant of my lord 


Daniel 10:21 677 Daniel 11:24 


thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when 
Tam gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. ?! But I will shew thee that which is noted in the 
scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.+## 


11 

1 Also 1 in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now 
will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall 
be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm 
of Grecia. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to 
his will. 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the 
four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his 
kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. 

5 q And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, 
and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. ° And in the end of years they shall join 
themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make 
an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but 
she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her 
in these times.*t* 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come 
with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and 
shall prevail:§ 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their 
precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”* 
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. 1° But his 
sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, 
and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.tt#* 1 and 
the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with 
the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his 
hand. 12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down 
many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. 13 For the king of the north shall return, 
and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years 
with a great army and with much riches.§§ 1 And in those times there shall many stand up against 
the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; 
but they shall fall.*** 15 so the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most 
fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall 
there be any strength to withstand.ttt### 16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his 
own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand 
shall be consumed.8§§ 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, 
and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting 
her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.*t 18 After this shall he turn his face unto 
the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him 
to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.#§ 19 Then he shall turn his face 
toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. 2°Then shall stand u 
in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, 
neither in anger, nor in battle.**tt## 

21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the 
kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.8§ 22 And with the 
arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of 
the covenant. 23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, 
and shall become strong with a small people. 24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places 





Het 10:21 holdeth: Heb. strengtheneth himself e 11:6 join...: Heb. associate themselves t 11:6 an...: Heb. rights # 11:6 
he that begat...: or, whom she brought forth 8 ia7 in..: or, in his place, or, office i 11:8 their precious...: Heb. vessels of their 
desire tt 11:10 shall be...: or, shall war + 11:10 return...: or, be stirred up again §§ 11:13 after...: Heb. at the end of times, 
even years mae 11:14 the robbers: Heb. the children of robbers ttt 11:15 the most...: Heb. the city of munitions Ht 11:15 
his...: Heb, the people of his choices §8§ 11:16 glorious...: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of ornament . 11:17 upright...: or, much 
uprightness: or, equal conditions t 11:17 corrupting: Heb. to corrupt # 11:18 for..: Heb. forhim 8 11:18 the reproach...: 
Heb. his reproach tS 11:20 estate: or, place tt 11:20 a...: Heb. one that causeth an exacter to pass over + 11:20 anger: 








Heb. angers 88 ; :21 estate: or, place 


Daniel 11:25 678 Daniel 12:4 


of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall 
scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the 
strong holds, even for a time.** ttt 25 and he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king 
of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great 
and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. ?¢ Yea, they that 
feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down 
slain. 2” And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but 
it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.*## 28 Then shall he return into his 
land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and 
return to his own land. 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it 
shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 

30 q For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and 
have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence 
with them that forsake the holy covenant. 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the 
sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that 
maketh desolate.$8§ 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but 


the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” 33 And they that understand among 
the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, 
many days. 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave 
to them with flatteries. 35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, 
and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.t 36 And 
the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every 
god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation 
be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. 3” Neither shall he regard the God of his 
fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 38 But 
in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour 
with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.+8**tT 39 Thus shall he do in the 
most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall 
cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.*#88 4° And at the time of the end shall 
the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, 
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and 
shall overflow and pass over. 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be 
overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children 
of Ammon.*”” 42He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall 
not escape.ttt 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the 
precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of 
the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, 
and utterly to make away many. 4 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in 
the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.*## 


12 

1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy 
people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that 
same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the 
book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and 
some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the 
firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 4But thou, 0 
Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, 
and knowledge shall be increased. 





ARK 
11:24 peaceably...: or, into the peaceable and fat, etc ttt 11:24 forecast...: Heb. think his thoughts +H 11:27 hearts: Heb. 


their hearts S88 11:31 maketh...: or, astonisheth 7 11:32 corrupt: or, cause to dissemble t 11:35 try them: or, try by them 
t 11:38 in...: or, as for the Almighty God, in his seat he shall honour yea, he shall honour a god, whom, etc § 11:38 estate: or, stead 

11:38 forces: or, munitions: Heb. Mauzzim, or, God’s protectors at 11:38 pleasant: Heb. things desired 4 11:39 most...: 
Heb. fortresses of munitions 88 11:39 gain: Heb. a price at 11:41 glorious...: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of delight, or, ornament 


* 
ttt 11:42 stretch...: Heb. send forth Ht 11:45 glorious...: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. mountain of delight of holiness 12:3 wise: 
or, teachers 


Daniel 12:5 679 Daniel 12:13 


5 q Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the 
river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.t# 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, 
which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?8 7 And I heard 
the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and 
his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and 
an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things 
shall be finished.** 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end 
of these things? 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time 
of the end. 1° Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and 
none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily 
sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand 
two hundred and ninety days.tt#* 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three 
hundred and five and thirty days. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand 
in thy lot at the end of the days.S§ 





RK 
t 12:5 bank: Heb. lip t 12:5 bank: Heb. lip S 126 upon...: or, from above 12:7 a time...: or, part tt 12:11 the 
abomination: Heb. to set up the abomination #4 12:11 maketh...: or, astonisheth §§ 12:13 for thou: or, and thou, etc 


Hosea 1:1 680 Hosea 2:17 


Hosea 


1The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, 
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 

2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto 
thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, 
departing from the LORD. ?So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and 
bare him a son. 4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will 
avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of 
Israel.” 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 

6q And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: 
for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.t#8 7 But I 
will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save 
them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 

8 q Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. ? Then said God, Call his 
name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.** 

10q Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured 
nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my 
people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.tt 11 Then shall the children 
of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they 
shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. 


Z 

1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah. *t 2 Plead with your mother, 
plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms 
out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in 
the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with 
thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. °For their 
mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go 
after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.* 

6 q Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find 
her paths.8 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek 
them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it 
better with me than now. ®For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied 
her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.” tt 9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn 
in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to 
cover her nakedness.#* 1° And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none 
shall deliver her out of mine hand.8$ 11] will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new 
moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, 
whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a 
forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.*** 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, 
wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she 
went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. 

14q Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably 
unto her.ttt 15 and I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of 
hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of 
the land of Egypt. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt 
call me no more Baali.+##88§ 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they 





. 1:4 avenge: Heb. visit t 1:6 Lo-ruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy # 1:6 no...: Heb. not add any more to § 16 
but...: or, that I should altogether pardon them oC 1:9 Lo-ammi: that is, Not my people TT ano in...: or, instead of that ‘ 2:1 
Ammi: that is, My people t 2:1 Ru-hamah: that is, Having obtained mercy t 2:5 drink: Heb. drinks 8 2:6 make...: Heb. wall 
a wall a 2:8 wine: Heb. new wine tt 2:8 which...: or, wherewith they made Baal +4 2:9 recover: or, take away S$ 9:10 
lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany ore 2:12 destroy: Heb. make desolate ttt 2:14 comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart 
HH 2:16 Ishi: that is, My husband S88 9:16 Baali: that is, My lord 


Hosea 2:18 681 Hosea 4:19 


shall no more be remembered by their name. 18 And in that day will 1 make a covenant for them with 
the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and 1 
will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in 
judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 291 will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: 
and thou shalt know the LORD. 2! And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, 
I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 2? And the earth shall hear the corn, and the 
wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have 
mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art 
my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. 


1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, 
according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love 
flagons of wine.” 2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an 
half homer of barley:t 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play 
the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 4 For the children of Israel 
shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an 
image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:* > Afterward shall the children of Israel return, 
and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the 
latter days. 


1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the 
inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By 
swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood 
toucheth blood.” 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, 
with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken 
away. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. 
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will 
destroy thy mother.t 

6 q My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also 
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also 
forget thy children.* 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their 
glory into shame. ® They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.8 ° And 
there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their 
doings.**tt 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not 
increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. 1! Whoredom and wine and new wine 
take away the heart. 

12 q My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of 
whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. ! They 
sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars 
and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and 
your spouses shall commit adultery. 141 will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, 
nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they 
sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.+#8$ 

15 q Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, 
neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding 
heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him 
alone. 18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do 
love, Give ye.”**ttt 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because 
of their sacrifices. 





" 3:1 of wine: Heb. of grapes ih 3:2 half...: Heb. lethech # 3:4 image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar % 4:2 blood: Heb. 
bloods t 4:5 destroy: Heb. cut off t 4:6 destroyed: Heb. cut off S 4:8 set...: Heb. lift up their soul to a 4:9 punish: Heb. 
visit upon tt 4:9 reward: Heb. cause to return + 4:14 I will not: or, Shall I not 88 4:14 fall: or, be punished — 4:18 
sour: Heb. gone tit 4:18 rulers: Heb. shields 


Hosea 5:1 682 Hosea 7:7 


1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for 
judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2? And 
the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.*t 31 know 
Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, 0 Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is 
defiled. 4They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the 
midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.*§ 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: 
therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. ® They shall go 
with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn 
himself from them. ? They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange 
children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. 

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O 
Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made 
known that which shall surely be. !°The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: 
therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 1! Ephraim is oppressed 

and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. !? Therefore will I be 
unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.”” 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, 
and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not 
heal you, nor cure you of your wound.'t "For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to 
the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. 

15 q I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their 


affliction they will seek me early.** 
6 


1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and 
he will bind us up. ? After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall 
live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared 
as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 

4q 0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as 
a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.” > Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I 
have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.t 6 For 
I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they like 
men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.* 8 Gilead is a 
city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.8 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, 
so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.**tt 19] have seen 
an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 1! Also, O 
Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. 


1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness 
of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth 
without." t 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their 
own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.* 3 They make the king glad with their 
wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, 
who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.§** 5 In the day of our 
king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.tt 
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the 
night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.** 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured 
their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 





. 5:2 though: or, and t 5:2 arebuker: Heb. a correction # 5:4 They will...: or, Their doings will not suffer them 8 5:4 frame: 
Heb. give ag 5:12 rottenness: or, a worm tt 5:13 king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead + 55 
acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty . 6:4 goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness t 6:5 and...: or, that thy judgments might be, etc + 6:7 
men: or, Adam § 6:8 polluted: or, cunning for = 6:9 by...: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem tt 6:9 lewdness: or, 
enormity . 7:1 wickedness: Heb. evils t 7:1 spoileth: Heb. strippeth # 7:2 consider...: Heb. say not to $ 7:4 who. or, 
the raiser will cease ia 7:4 raising: or, waking tt 7:5 bottles...: or, heat through wine +4 7:6 made...: or, applied 


Hosea 7:8 683 Hosea 9:10 


8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have 
devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he 
knoweth not.8§ 1° And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD 
their God, nor seek him for all this. 

11 q Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. 12 When 
they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I 
will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. !3 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: 
destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, 
yet they have spoken lies against me.”** 1 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when 
they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. 
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.ttt 
16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the 
sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. 


1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because 
they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.” 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My 
God, we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4They have 
set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold 
have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. 

5 q Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere 
they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: 
but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the 
whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it 

+ 
up. 

"3 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 
° For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 1° Yea, 
though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for 
the burden of the king of princes.8™* 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be 
unto him to sin. 121 have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange 
thing. 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth 
them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.tt 14 For 
Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I 
will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. 


1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast 
loved a reward upon every cornfloor.” 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new 
wine shall fail in her.t 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, 
and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 4They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither 
shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that 
eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. 
5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? © For, lo, they are gone 
because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for 
their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.*§ 

7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet 
is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.”* 8 The 
watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred 
inthe house of his God.tt 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he 
will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. !°1 found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw 





8§ 7:9 here... Heb. sprinkled n 7:13 destruction: Heb. spoil ttt 7:15 have...: or, chastened re 8:1 thy: Heb. the roof 
of thy t 8:7 stalk: or, standing corn # 8:9 lovers: Heb. loves § 8:10 sorrow: or, begin a 8:10 a...: or, ina little while 
tt 8:13 They sacrifice...: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc t 9:1 upon: or, in, etc t 9:2 winepress: or, winefat 
$ 9:6 destruction: Heb. spoil § 9:6 the...: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire ss 9:7 spiritual...: Heb. 


man of the spirit tt 9:8 in the: or, against the 


Hosea 9:11 684 Hosea 11:7 


your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated 
themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. 

11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from 
the conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be 
a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! !3 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a 
pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. !4Give them, O LORD: what 
wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.*¥ 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: 
for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will 
love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they 
shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.8§ 
17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers 
among the nations. 


10 

lIsrael is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit 
he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.*t 
2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil 
their images.t8** 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what 
then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus 
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear 
because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof 
that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.tT ¢It shall be also carried unto 
Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own 
counsel. 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.*# 8 The high places also of 
Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and 
they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 

9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against 
the children of iniquity did not overtake them. 1° It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and 
the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.8§ 
4 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon 
her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.*** 12 Sow 
to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the 
LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped 
iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy 
mighty men. !4Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, 
as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. 
15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel 
utterly be cut off.ttt 


1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, 
so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 31 taught 
Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 41 drew them 
with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, 
and I laid meat unto them.” 

5 q He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused 
to return. © And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, 
because of their own counsels. 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called 


them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.t 





+ 9:14 miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit 8§ 9:16 the...: Heb. the desires 7 10:1 an...: or, a vine emptying the fruit which 
it giveth t 10:1 images: Heb. statues, or, standing images t 10:2 Their heart...: or, He hath divided their heart § 10:2 break... 
Heb. behead =. 10:2 images: Heb. statues, or, standing images at 10:5 the priests...: or, Chemarim +4 10:7 the water: 
Heb, the face of the water §§ 10:10 when...: or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations 


ok * 
10:11 her...: Heb. the beauty of her neck tit 10:15 your...: Heb. the evil of your evil 11:4 take off: Heb. lift up t 11:7 
none...: Heb. together they exalted not 


Hosea 11:8 685 Hosea 13:14 


8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall 1 deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? 
how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. 91 
will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and 
not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. !°They shall walk after 
the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. 
1 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place 
them in their houses, saith the LORD. 12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of 


Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.+ 
12 


1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; 
and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. The LORD hath also 
a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he 
recompense him.” 

3q He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:t 4 Yea, 
he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found 
him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us; 5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. 
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 

7q He isamerchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.*8 8 And Ephraim said, 
Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity 
in me that were sin. tT 9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee 
to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 101 have also spoken by the prophets, and 
Ihave multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.** 1 Is there iniquity 
in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the 
furrows of the fields. 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for 
a wife he kept sheep. 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was 
he preserved. Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon 
him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.$$*** 


1 when Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he 
died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols 
according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the 
men that sacrifice kiss the calves."t 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early 
dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke 
out of the chimney. 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god 
but me: for there is no saviour beside me. 

5 q I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.* © According to their pasture, 
so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will] observe them: 81 will meet them 
as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour 
them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.§ 

°q 0 Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.** 101 will be thy king: where is 
any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king 
and princes?tt 11] gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. !2 The iniquity of 
Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an 
unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.## 141 will ransom 
them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; 0 
grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.8$§ 





# 11:12 saints: or, most holy 7 12:2 punish: Heb. visit upon t 12:3 had...: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely 
# 12:7 a merchant: or, Canaan 8 127 oppress: or, deceive sid 12:8 in all...: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have 
punishment of iniquity in whom is sin tt 12:8 that: Heb. which + 12:10 ministry: Heb. hand 8§ 12:14 most...: Heb. with 
bitternesses a 12:14 blood: Heb. bloods . 13:2 they sin...: Heb. they add to sin t 13:2 the men...: or, the sacrificers of men 
t 13:5 great...: Heb. droughts S 13:8 wild... Heb. beast of the field a 13:9 is...: Heb. in thy help tt 13:10 I will...: rather, 
Where is thy king? +4 13:13 long: Heb. a time 8§ 13:14 power: Heb. hand 


Hosea 13:15 686 Hosea 14:9 


15q Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall 
come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: 
he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels."** 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath 
rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their 
women with child shall be ripped up. 


10 Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you 
words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will 
we render the calves of our lips.” 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will 
we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 

4q 1 will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 51 
will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.t* © His 
branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.8 7 They that 
dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent 
thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.” "tt 

8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am 
like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? 
prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: 
but the transgressors shall fall therein. 





* 
13:15 pleasant...: Heb. vessels of desire 14:2 receive... or, give good t 14:5 grow: or, blossom + 14:5 cast...: Heb. 


aK 
strike § 14:6 spread: Heb. go 14:7 grow: or, blossom tt 14:7 scent: or, memorial 


Joel 1:1 687 Joel 2:13 


Joel 


1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, 
all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell 
ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 
4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath 
the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.” 5 Awake, 
ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off 
from your mouth. For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth 
are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and 
barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.t 

8q Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat offering and 
the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn. 
10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil 
languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the 
barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; 
the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: 
because joy is withered away from the sons of men. 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, 
ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering 
and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. 

14q Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land 
into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,* 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the 
LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. !6Is not the meat cut off before 
our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the 
garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.§ 18 How do the beasts 
groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are 
made desolate. 190 LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, 


and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.** 2° The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for 
the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. 


1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of 


the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;* 2 A day of darkness and of 
gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great 
people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the 
years of many generations.t 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the 
land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing 
shall escape them. 4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall 
they run. ° Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame 
of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. ° Before their face the people 
shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.* 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall 
climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break 
their ranks: § Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they 
fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.8 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run 
upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, 
and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 1! And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for 
his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and 
very terrible; and who can abide it? 

12q Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and 
with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the 





* 

1:4 That which the palmerworm...: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm t 1:7 barked...: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking 
aK 

t 1:14 solemn...: or, day of restraint 8 1:17 seed: Heb. grains 1:19 pastures: or, habitations 2:1 trumpet: or, cornet 


if 2:2 of many...: Heb. of generation and generation + 2:6 blackness: Heb. pot § 2:8 sword: or, dart 


Joel 2:14 688 Joel 3:11 


LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth 
him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a 
meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? 

15q Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 1° Gather the people, sanctify 
the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the 
bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 17 Let the priests, the ministers 
of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and 
give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they 


‘ ; kK 

say among the people, Where is their God? 

18q Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and 
say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: 
and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 2° But I will remove far off from you the 
northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, 
and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come 
up, because he hath done great things. tt 

21q Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.** 22 Be not afraid, ye 
beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth 

her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and 
rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to 
come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.88*** 24 and the 
floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you 
the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my 
great army which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name 
of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that 1 am the LORD your God, and none else: 
and my people shall never be ashamed. 

28q And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and 
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 3° And 
I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 3! The sun 
shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the 
LORD come. 2? And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be 
delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the 
remnant whom the LORD shall call. 


1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and 
Jerusalem, 71 will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and 
will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among 
the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an 
harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, 
and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, 
swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; ° Because ye have taken my 
silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:” ®The children also 
of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far 
from their border.t 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will 
return your recompence upon your own head: § And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the 
hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD 
hath spoken it. 

9q Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare 

war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:* 1° Beat your 
plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, lam strong.S 11 Assemble 
yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy 





ok 

2:17 rule over: or, use a byword against tt 2:20 hath...: Heb. hath magnified to do + 2:21 will...: Heb. hath magnified to do 
AK * 

8§ 2:23 the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousness 2:23 moderately: Heb. according to righteousness 35 


pleasant: Heb. desirable t 3:6 the Grecians: Heb. the sons of the Grecians t 3:9 Prepare: Heb. Sanctify § 3:10 pruninghooks: 
or, scythes 


Joel 3:12 689 Joel 3:21 


mighty ones to come down, O LORD.” 12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of 
Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the 
harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is 
great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley 
of decision.tt 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 
16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the 
earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of 
Israel.*¥ 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then 
shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.8§ 

18q And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills 
shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth 
of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.*** 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and 
Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have 
shed innocent blood in their land. 2° But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation 
to generation.ttt 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in 
Zion.+## 





a 
3:11 cause...: or, the LORD shall bring down tt 3:14 decision: or, concision, or, threshing + 3:16 hope: Heb. place of repair, 


or, harbour §§ 3:17 holy: Heb. holiness i 3:18 flow: Heb. go ttt 3:20 dwell: or, abide $44 3:21 for the...: or, even I 
the LORD that 


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Amos 


1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in 
the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years 
before the earthquake. 2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; 
and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. 

3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:*t 4 But I 
will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 51 will break 
also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth 
the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the 
LORD.#§ 

6 q Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to 
Edom:** 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: 8 And I 
will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will 
turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. 

9q Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the 


brotherly covenant:tt 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces 
thereof. 

11q Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his 
anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:** 12But I will send a fire upon Teman, which 
shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. 

13 q Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not 
turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that 
they might enlarge their border:S$ 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour 
the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 
15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. 


1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire 
upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, 
and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay 
all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. 

4q Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away 
the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his 
commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: 5 But 
I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 

6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 7 That 
pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and aman 
and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:* 8 And they lay themselves down 
upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of 
their god.t 

9q Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and 
he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 1° Also 
I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess 
the land of the Amorite. ' And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for 
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine 





* 

1:3 and...: or, yea, for four fi 1:3 turn...: or, convert it, or, let it be quiet $ 1:5 the plain...: or, Bikathaven § 1:5 the house...: or, 
RK 

Beth-eden 1:6 away captive...: or, them away with an entire tt 1:9 the brotherly...: Heb. the covenant of brethren + 1:11 


* 
did cast...: Heb. corrupted his compassions §§ 1:13 ripped...: or, divided the mountains 2:7 maid: or, young woman t 2:8 
the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted 


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to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. 13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a 
cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.* 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong 
shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:S 15 Neither shall he stand that 
handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the 
horse deliver himself. 1° And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, 
saith the LORD.” 


1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole 
family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, ? You only have I known of all the families of 
the earth: therefore | will punish you for all your iniquities.* 3 Can two walk together, except they be 
agreed? 4 Willa lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if 
he have taken nothing?t 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one 
take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? © Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, 
and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?*8§ 7 surely 
the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The lion 
hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? 

9 q Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble 
yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and 
the oppressed in the midst thereof.** 1 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up 
violence and robbery in their palaces.tt 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall 
be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall 
be spoiled. 12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a 
piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, 
and in Damascus in a couch.*#8§ 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the 
God of hosts, !4 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit 
the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.*** 15 And 1 will 
smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great 
houses shall have an end, saith the LORD. 


4 

1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, 
which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2The Lord GOD hath sworn 
by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your 
posterity with fishhooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; 
and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.” 

4q Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every 
morning, and your tithes after three years:t 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and 
proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GoD.*§ 

6q And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: 
yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, 
when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused 
it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not 
withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: 
yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. °I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when 
your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm 
devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.** 101 have sent among you the 
pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken 
away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye 





t 2:13 Iam...: or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth § 9:14 himself: Heb. his soul, or, life - 2:16 courageous: 
Heb. strong of his heart i 3:2 punish: Heb. visit upon t 3:4 cry: Heb. give forth his voice + 3:6 be afraid: or, run together? 
S 3.6 the LORD... or, shall not the LORD do somewhat? si 3:9 oppressed: or, oppressions tt 3:10 robbery: or, spoil #4 3:12 
taketh: Heb. delivereth §§ 3:12 in Damascus...: or, on the bed’s feet re 3:14 visit: or, punish Israel for ‘: 4:3 cast...: or, cast 
away the things of the palace t 4:4 three...: Heb. three years of days + 4:5 offer: Heb. offer by burning § 4:5 this...: Heb. so 


ye love 4:9 when...: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm 


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not returned unto me, saith the LORD.tT## 11] have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom 
and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto 
me, saith the LORD. !2 Therefore thus will 1 do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, 
prepare to meet thy God, 0 Israel. !° For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, 
and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon 


the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.8$ 
6. 


1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 2 The virgin of 
Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 3 For 
thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which 
went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 

4q For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not 
Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and 
Beth-el shall come to nought. © Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the 
house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 7 Ye who turn judgment 
to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, ® Seek him that maketh the seven stars and 
Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that 
calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his 
name: 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the 
fortress.” 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye 
have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, 
but ye shall not drink wine of them.t 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty 
sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.* 
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. 14 Seek good, and not evil, 
that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. 15 Hate the 
evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will 
be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. 

16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they 
shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such 
as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through 
thee, saith the LORD. 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the 
day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or 
went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 2° Shall not the day of the 
LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 

21q I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye 
offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace 


offerings of your fat beasts.** 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the 
melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. tt 
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which 
ye made to yourselves.+# 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the 
LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. 


6 


1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of 
the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!*t 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go 
ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? 
or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of 
violence to come near;* 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and 
eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;§ 5 That chant to the sound of 





* 
tt 4:10 after...: or, in the way a 4:10 and have...: Heb. with the captivity of your horses S§ 4:13 wind: or, spirit 5:9 
spoiled: Heb. spoil ‘i 5:11 pleasant...: Heb. vineyards of desire # 5:12 a bribe: or, a ransom 8 5:21 in..: or, your holy days 
ok * 
5:22 peace...: or, thank offerings tt 5:24 run: Heb. roll + 5:26 the tabernacle...: or, Siccuth your king 6:1 are at...: 


or, are secure t 6:1 chief: or, firstfruits $ 6:3 seat: or, habitation § 6:4 stretch...: or, abound with superfluities 


Amos 6:6 693 Amos 8:3 


the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;** That drink wine in bowls, and 
anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 1t## 

7q Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that 
stretched themselves shall be removed. 

8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of 
Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.8§ 9 And it shall 
come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 1° And a man’s uncle shall 
take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him 
that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, 
Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.”"** For, behold, the LORD 
commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.ttt 

12q Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into 
gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, 
Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, 
O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of 
Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.*## 


1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of 


the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.” 2 And 
it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord 
GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.t 3The LORD repented for this: 
It shall not be, saith the LORD. 

4q Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, 
and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. > Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: 
by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.* 6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith 
the Lord GOD. 

7 q Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a 
plumbline in his hand. 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. 
Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass 
by them any more: 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall 
be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. 

10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired 
against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 1! For thus 
Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their 
own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and 
there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s 
chapel, and it is the king’s court.8** 

14q Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I 
was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:tt 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, 
and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.+# 

16 q Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and 
drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. !” Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an 
harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided 
by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. 


1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, 
Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is 
come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple 





2K 
6:5 chant: or, quaver tt 6:6 wine...: or, in bowls of wine #4 6:6 affliction: Heb. breach §§ 6:8 that...: Heb. the fulness 


KK 
thereof 6:10 we...: or, they will not, or, have not ttt 6:11 breaches: or, droppings #44 6:14 river: or, valley = 71 
grasshoppers: or, green worms t 7:2 by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand? t 7:5 by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand? 


aK 
S$ 7.3 chapel: or, sanctuary 7:13 king’s court: Heb. house of the kingdom tt 7:14 sycomore...: or, wild figs + 7:15 
as...: Heb. from behind 


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shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they 
shall cast them forth with silence.*t 

4q Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, > Saying, 
When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth 
wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?#8** That 
we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 
7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall 
not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as 
a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 9 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the 
clear day: 1° And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will 
bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of 
an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. 

11q Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of 
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea 
to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and 
shall not find it. 13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear 
by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they 
shall fall, and never rise up again. tt 


1] saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may 
shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that 
fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.*t 2 Though 
they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I 
bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them 
out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the 
serpent, and he shall bite them: 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will 
I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for 
good. 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell 
therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of 
Egypt. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that 
calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his 
name.#8 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have 
not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from 
Kir? § Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the 
face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. 9 For, lo, I 
will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet 
shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.” tT 19 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, 
which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 

11q In that day will] raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; 
and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:+# 12 That they may possess the 
remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth 
this.88 13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and 
the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills 
shall melt.***ttt 14 and I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the 
waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall 
also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall 
no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God. 





‘ 8:3 shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl t 8:3 with...: Heb. be silent # 8:5 new...: or, month § 8:5 set...: Heb. open a 8:5 
falsifying...: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit tt 8:14 manner: Heb. way * 9:1 lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop t 9:1 cut... 
or, wound them t 9:6 stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensions § 9:6 troop: or, bundle Te 9:9 sift: Heb. cause to move tt 9:9 
grain: Heb. stone He 9:11 close: Heb. hedge, or, wall 88 9:12 which..: Heb. upon whom my name is called att 9:13 soweth: 
Heb. draweth forth ttt 9:13 sweet: or, new 


Obadiah 1 695 Obadiah 21 


Obadiah 


1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from 
the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in 
battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 

3 q The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose 
habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou 
exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, 
saith the LORD. 5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they 
not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some 
grapes?” © How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! 7 All the men 
of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have 
deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there 
is none understanding in him.t#8 8 shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men 
out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be 
dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 

10 q For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for 
ever. 11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away 
captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast 
as one of them.” !2But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he 
became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their 
destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.tt 13 Thou shouldest 
not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have 
looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day 
of their calamity;*¥ 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did 
escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.8§ 
15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: 
thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 1° For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall 
all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be 
as though they had not been.*** 

17 q But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob 
shall possess their possessions.1tt### 18 and the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph 
a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there 
shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 19 And they of the south 
shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields 
of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 2° And the captivity of this 
host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity 


of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.$§§ 21 And saviours shall come 
up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s. 





és 1:5 some...: or, gleanings? t 1:7 that were...: Heb. of thy peace # 1:7 they...: Heb. the men of thy bread 8 47 inhim: or, of 
it a 1:11 captive...: or, his substance tt 1:12 spoken...: Heb. magnified thy mouth + 1:13 substance: or, forces 88 ia 
delivered up: or, shut up ane 1:16 swallow...: or, sup up THT aay deliverance: or, they that escape #4 1:17 there... or, it 
shall be holy §8§ 1:20 which...: or, shall possess that which is in 


Jonah 1:1 696 Jonah 3:3 


Jonah 


1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,” 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, 
that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee 
unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to 
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the 
presence of the LORD. 

4q But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so 
that the ship was like to be broken.t# 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his 
god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was 
gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. ©So the shipmaster came to him, 
and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think 
upon us, that we perish not. 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we 
may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. ®Then said 
they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? 
and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? 9 And he said unto them, 
lam an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.8 
10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men 
knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.** 

11q Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the 
sea wrought, and was tempestuous.1t## 12 and he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into 
the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and 


was tempestuous against them.$$*** 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech 
thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: 
for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the 
sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.ttt 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered 
a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.*## 

17q Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the 
fish three days and three nights.S$$§ 


1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of 
mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my 
voice. *t 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed 

me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.* 4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; 
yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the 
depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. ©1I went down to the bottoms 
of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from 
corruption, 0 LORD my God.8** 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my 
prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own 
mercy. ? But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. 


Salvation is of the LORD. 
10q And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. 


1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, ? Arise, go unto Nineveh, that 
great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, 





* 1:1 Jonah: Gr. Jonas if 1:4 sent out: Heb. cast forth t 1:4 was like...: Heb. thought to be broken § 1:9 the LORD: or, 
JEHOVAH - 1:10 exceedingly...: Heb. with great fear tt 1:11 may...: Heb. may be silent from us + 1:11 wrought...: or, grew 
more and more tempestuous: Heb. went S8 1:13 rowed: Heb. digged vie 1:13 wrought...: or, grew more and more tempestuous: 
Heb. went Tit 1:15 ceased: Heb. stood Ht 1:16 offered...: Heb. sacrifice unto the LORD, and vowed vows 888 3.17 belly: 
Heb. bowels 2:2 by...: or, out of mine affliction t 2:2 hell: or, the grave # 2:3 midst: Heb. heart 8 2:6 bottoms: Heb. 


ct 
cuttings off 2:6 corruption: or, the pit 


Jonah 3:4 697 Jonah 4:11 


according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.” 
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and 
Nineveh shall be overthrown. 

5 | So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the 
greatest of them even to the least of them. © For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose 
from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And 
he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, 
saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:t* 
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every 
one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and 
repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 

10 q And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, 
that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. 


1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and 
said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled 
before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from 
me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 

4q Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?” 

5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, 
and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. ©And the LORD God 
prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to 
deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.t* 7 But God prepared a worm 
when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, 
when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of 
Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.§ 
9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, 
even unto death.” *tt 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast 
not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:¥#88 11 and 
should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that 
cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? 





* * 
3:3 exceeding: Heb. of God t 3:7 published: Heb. said t 3:7 nobles: Heb. great men 4:4 Doest...: or, Art thou greatly 
a 
angry? t 4:6 gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon + 4:6 was...: Heb. rejoiced with great joy § 4:8 vehement: or, silent 4:9 


Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry? tt 4:9 I do well...: or, 1 am greatly angry + 4:10 had pity: or, spared 88 4:10 came... 
Heb. was the son of the night 


Micah 1:1 698 Micah 2:10 


Micah 


1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 
kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, 
and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.*t 
3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high 
places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, 
as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.* 5 For the transgression 
of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it 
not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? © Therefore I will make 
Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof 
into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. 7 And all the graven images thereof shall be 
beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I 
lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. 

8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: J will make a wailing like the dragons, 
and mourning as the owls.$ 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto 
the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.** 

10 q Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.tt 
1 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came 
not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing. ##88***1T 12 For the 
inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate 
of Jerusalem.+##88§ 13 9 thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the 
beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.” 
M4 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings 
of Israel.t¥ 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, 0 inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam 
the glory of Israel.8** 16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness 
as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. 


1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they 
practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2? And they covet fields, and take them by violence; 
and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.” 
3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall 
not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. 

4q In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and 
say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from 
me! turning away he hath divided our fields.t* 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord 
by lot in the congregation of the LORD. 

6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall 
not take shame.§ 

74 0 thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? 
do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?**tt 8 Even of late my people is risen up as 
an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from 
war.t#88 9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children 
have ye taken away my glory for ever.” 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because 





. 1:2 all ye...: Heb. ye people, all of them t 1:2 all that...; Heb. the fulness thereof t 1:4 asteep...: Heb. a descent § is 
owls: Heb. daughters of the owl is 1:9 her...: or, she is grievously sick of her wounds ie 1:10 Aphrah: that is, Dust +t 1:11 
thou...: or, thou that dwellest fairly 8§ 1:11 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress ra 1:11 Zaanan: or, The country of flocks oft 1:11 
Beth-ezel: or, A place near Het 1:12 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress 888 4:12 waited... or, was grieved . 1:13 inhabitant: Heb. 
inhabitress t 1:14 to...: or, for Moresheth-gath $ 1:14 Achzib: that is, A lie § 1:15 inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress as 1:15 
he...: or, the glory of Israel shall, etc * 2:2 oppress: or, defraud t 2:4 a doleful...: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations # 2:4 
turning...: or, instead of restoring § 2:6 Prophesy ye...: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc = 2:7 straitened: or, 
shortened? tt 2:7 uprightly: Heb. upright? + 2:8 of late: Heb. yesterday 8§ 2:8 with the: Heb. over against a mee 29 


women: or, wives 


Micah 2:11 699 Micah 4:12 


it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. "4 If a man walking in the spirit and 
falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the 
prophet of this people. ttt 

12q I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put 
them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great 
noise by reason of the multitude of men. !3 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, 
and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and 
the LORD on the head of them. 


1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you 
to know judgment? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and 
their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; 
and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 
4Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them 
at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. 

5 { Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their 
teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 
6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye 
shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.*t 
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for 
there is no answer of God.* 

8q But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare 
unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of 
Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 1° They build up 
Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.§ 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests 
thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, 
and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us."* 12Therefore shall Zion for your 
sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high 
places of the forest. 


4 

1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be 
established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow 
unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, 
and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for 
the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 

3q And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat 
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword 
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine 
and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath 
spoken it. 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of 
the LORD our God for ever and ever. ®In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, 
and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will make her that halted a 
remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount 
Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 

8 q And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, 
even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 9 Now why dost thou 
cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a 
woman in travail. 1°Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: 
for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even 
to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine 
enemies. 

11 q Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye 
look upon Zion. 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: 





ttt 2:11 walking...: or, walk with the wind, and lie falsely i 3:6 that...: vision: Heb. from a vision t 3:6 that...: divine: Heb. 


aK * 
from divining # 3:7 lips: Heb. upper lip § 3:10 blood: Heb. bloods 3:11 and say: Heb. saying 4:3 pruninghooks: or, 
scythes 


Micah 4:13 700 Micah 6:14 


for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will 
make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and 
I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. 


1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite 
the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little 
among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; 
whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the 
time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto 
the children of Israel. 

4q And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD 
his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.t 5 And this man 
shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, 
then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.* ¢ And they shall waste the 
land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver 
us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.S** 

7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the 
showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 

8 q And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion 
among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both 
treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.tt 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon 
thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 1° And it shall come to pass in that day, saith 
the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and! will destroy thy chariots: 11 And1 
will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts 
out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, 
and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine 
hands.*¥* 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.8§ 15 and 
I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. 


1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear 
thy voice.” 2Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for 
the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 30 my people, what have 
I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4For I brought thee up out of 
the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, 
and Miriam. 5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the 
son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. 

6 q Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come 
before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?t 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands 
of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit 
of my body for the sin of my soul?# 8 He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what is good; and what doth the 
LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?§ 

°The LORD’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, 
and who hath appointed it.** 

10q Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that 
is abominable?tt## 11 shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful 
weights?8§ 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken 
lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, 
in making thee desolate because of thy sins. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting 
down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou 





sf 5:2 everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity t 5:4 feed: or, rule + 5:5 principal: Heb. princes of § 5:6 waste: Heb. eat up 

is 5:6 in the...: or, with her own naked swords tt 5:8 sheep: or, goats + 5:13 standing...: or, statues §§ 5:14 cities: or, 
enemies a 6:1 before: or, with t 6:6 of a...: Heb. sons of a year? # 6:7 body: Heb. belly § 6:8 walk...: Heb. humble thyself 
to walk “ 6:9 the man....: or, thy name shall see that which is tt 6:10 Are...: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc 


as 6:10 scant...: Heb. measure of leanness §§ 6:11 count...: or, be pure with, etc 


Micah 6:15 701 Micah 7:20 


deliverest will I give up to the sword. 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the 
olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 

16 q For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their 
counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye 


shall bear the reproach of my peopl ott 


1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the 


vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.” 2 The good man is perished out 
of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man 
his brother with a net.t 

3 q That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a 
reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.* 4 The best of them 
is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation 
cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 

5 ¢ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from 
her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her 
mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. 

7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 

8 q Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD 
shall be a light unto me. 91 will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, 
until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall 
behold his righteousness. 1° Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which 
said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down 
as the mire of the streets.8** 11 in the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree 
be far removed. 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified 
cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.tT 
13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their 
doings.## 

14 q Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in 
the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.8§ 15 According to the 
days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 

16 q The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their 
mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 1” They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their 
holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of 
thee."** 18 who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of 
the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He 
will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all 
their sins into the depths of the sea. 2°Thou wilt perform the truth toJacob, and the mercy to Abraham, 
which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. 





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6:16 For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc Tit 6:16 desolation: or, astonishment 7:1 when...: Heb. the gatherings 


of summer t 7:2 good: or, godly, or, merciful # 7:3 his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul § 7:10 Then...: or, And thou wilt see 
eK 

her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame 7:10 shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down tt 7:12 and from 

the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities + 7:13 Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been §§ 7:14 Feed: or, Rule 


RK 7 7 
7:17 worms: or, creeping things 


Nahum 1:1 702 Nahum 2:13 


Nahum 


1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 

2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take 
vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. *t The LORD is slow to anger, 
and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and 
in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and 
drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. >The 
mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and 
all that dwell therein. © Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of 
his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.* 7The LORD is good, 
a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.8 8 But with an overrunning 
flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 

9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the 
second time. !°For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, 
they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 1! There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against 
the LORD, a wicked counsellor.** 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, 
yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict 
thee no more.tt## 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 
14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out 
of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for 
thou art vile. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth 
peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through 


thee; he is utterly cut off.88*** 


1He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy 
loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.” 2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as 
the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.t 
3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with 
flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.*§ 4The chariots 
shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like 
torches, they shall run like the lightnings.”” 5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their 
walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.tt## 6 The gates of 
the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.8§ 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, 
she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their 
breasts." ttt 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall 
they cry; but none shall look back.+##888 9° Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there 
is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.*t 10 She is empty, and void, and 
waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces 
of them all gather blackness. 

11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even 
the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 The lion did tear in pieces 
enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with 
ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, 





1:2 God...: or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger, etc tt :2 is furious: Heb. that hath fury # 1:6 abide: Heb. stand up 
Siz strong hold: or, strength ne 1:11 a wicked...: Heb. a counsellor of Belial tt 1:12 Though...: or, If they would have been at 
peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away #4 1:12 cut down: Heb. 
shorn §§ 1:15 keep...: Heb. feast i 1:15 the wicked: Heb. Belial . 2:1 He...: or, The disperser, or, hammer t 2:2 the 


cot 
excellency of Jacob...: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, etc t 2:3 in scarlet: or, dyed scarlet § 23 flaming: or, fiery 2:4 





hey: Heb. their show tt 2:5 worthies: or, gallants +t 2:5 defence: Heb. covering, or, coverer §§ 2:6 dissolved: or, molten 


aoe 2:7 Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made ttt 2:7 led...: or, discovered $44 2:8 of old: or, 





” * 
rom the days that she hath been §§§ 2:8 look back: or, cause them to turn 2:9 for...: or, and their infinite store, etc t 2:9 
pleasant...: Heb. vessels of desire 





Nahum 3:1 703 Nahum 3:19 


and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of 
thy messengers shall no more be heard. 


3 


1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;* 2The noise ofa whip, 
and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 
3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude 
of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon 
their corpses:t 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress 
of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I 
will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. © And I will cast abominable filth 
upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. 7 And it shall come to pass, that all 
they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? 
whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 

8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round 
about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?* 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her 
strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.§ 1° Yet was she carried away, she went 
into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they 
cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. !! Thou also shalt be 
drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. !” All thy strong holds 
shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of 
the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set 
wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify 
thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. 15 There shall the fire 
devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many 
as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above 
the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.” 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and 
thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun 
ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king 
of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man 
gathereth them.tt 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of 
thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?## 





* 

3:1 bloody...: Heb. city of bloods t 3:3 the bright...: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear # 3:8 populous...: 
or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon 8 3.9 thy helpers: Heb. in thy help om 3:16 spoileth: or, spreadeth himself tt 3:18 nobles: 
or, valiant ones +4 3:19 healing: Heb. wrinkling 


Habakkuk 1:1 704 Habakkuk 2:10 


Habakkuk 


1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 20 LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not 
hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, 
and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up 
strife and contention. 4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked 
doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.” 

5 q Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in 
your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. ® For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter 
and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces 
that are not theirs.t 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of 
themselves.* 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening 
wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they 
shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.8 9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as 


the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.** 19 And they shall scoff at the kings, 
and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap 
dust, and take it. 1! Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his 
power unto his god. 

12q Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou 
hast ordained them for judgment; and, 0 mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.tt## 
13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou 
upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that 
is more righteous than he?8§ 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that 
have no ruler over them?*** 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, 
and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.ttt 16 Therefore they sacrifice 
unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat 
plenteous.*## 17 shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? 


2 

1] will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto 
me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved."t# 2 And the LORD answered 

me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For 
the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait 
for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in 
him: but the just shall live by his faith. 

5 q Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who 
enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, 
and heapeth unto him all people:8 ¢ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting 
proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him 
that ladeth himself with thick clay!** 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake 
that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, 
all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, 
of the city, and of all that dwell therein. tt 

9q Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that 
he may be delivered from the power of evil!*#88 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting 





. 1:4 wrong: or, wrested t 1:6 breadth: Heb. breadths # 1:7 their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of 
these, and the captivity of these S 1:8 fierce: Heb. sharp ine 1:9 their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces 
shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east tt 1:12 mighty...: Heb. rock + 1:12 established: Heb. founded 
8§ 1:13 iniquity: or, grievance arr 1:14 creeping: or, moving Tit 1:15 drag: or, flue net Ht 1:16 plenteous: or, dainty: 
Heb. fat e 2:1 tower: Heb. fenced place t 2:1 unto me: or, in me 2:1 when...: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon 
my reproof, or, arguing § 2:5 Yea...: or, How much more - 2:6 Woe...: or, Ho, he tt 2:8 blood: Heb. bloods a 2:9 
coveteth...: or, gaineth and evil gain §§ 2:9 power...: Heb. palm of the hand 


Habakkuk 2:11 705 Habakkuk 3:19 


off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 1! For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the 
beam out of the timber shall answer it.”** ttt 

12. q Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!*#* 13 Behold, 
is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary 
themselves for very vanity?§8§ 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the 
LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” 

15 q Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him 
drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink 
thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD’s right hand shall be turned unto 
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.t 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and 
the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, 
of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 

18 q What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and 
a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?* 19 Woe unto him 
that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold 
and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 2° But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all 
the earth keep silence before him.8 


5 

1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.” 20 LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was 
afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in 
wrath remember mercy.# 

3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, 
and the earth was full of his praise.8 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of 
his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. ** Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals 
went forth at his feet.tt © He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; 
and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 71 
saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.##8§ 8 Was the 
LORD displeased 

against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst 
ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?””” 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according 
to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.ttt 10 The 
mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his 
voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 1! The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light 
of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.### 12 Thou didst march through 
the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. !3 Thou wentest forth for the salvation 
of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the 
wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.$8§ 14 Thou didst strike through with his 
staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to 
devour the poor secretly.” 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of 
great waters.t 

16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, 
and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, 
he will invade them with his troops.* 

17q Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive 
shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no 
herd in the stalls:8 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD 


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2:11 beam: or, piece, or, fastening ttt 2:11 answer it: or, witness against it $44 2:12 blood: Heb. bloods §§§ 2:13 
for...: or, in vain? ‘ 2:14 with...: or, by knowing the glory t 2:16 with...: or, more with shame than with glory # 2:18 maker 
of... Heb. fashioner of his fashion 8 2:20 let...: Heb. be silent all the earth before him . 3:1 upon...: or, according to variable 
songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth t 3:2 speech: Heb. report, or, hearing t 3:2 revive: or, preserve alive § 3:3 
Teman: or, the south ~ 3:4 horns...: or, bright beams out of his side tt 3:5 coals: or, diseases + 3:7 Cushan: or, Ethiopia 
§§ 3:7 in...: or, under affliction, or, vanity bis 3:8 of...: or, were salvation? ttt 3:9 earth...: or, rivers of the earth +4 3:11 
at the light...: or, thine arrows walked in the light S88 3:13. by...: Heb. making naked i 3:14 came...: Heb. were tempestuous 
t 3:15 heap: or, mud t 3:16 invade...: or, cut them in pieces S 3:17 fail: Heb. lie 


Habakkuk 3:19 706 Habakkuk 3:19 


God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine 
high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. **tt 





3k 
3:19 chief...: or, overseer tt 3:19 stringed...: Heb. Neginoth 


Zephaniah 1:1 707 Zephaniah 2:10 


Zephaniah 


1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son 
of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 21 will utterly 
consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.*t 31 will consume man and beast; I will consume 
the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will 
cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.* 41 will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon 
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name 
of the Chemarims with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; 
and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham:;$ © And them that are 
turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. 

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the 


LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.”” 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the 
LORD’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with 
strange apparel.tt 9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill 
their masters’ houses with violence and deceit. 1° And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, 
that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great 
crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; 
all they that bear silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem 
with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will 
not do good, neither will he do evil.#* 13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses 
a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not 
drink the wine thereof. 

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of 
the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 5 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble 
and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and 
thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned 
against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither 
their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole 
land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them 
that dwell in the land. 


2 

1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;* 2 Before the decree bring 
forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the 
day of the LORD’s anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have 
wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the 
LORD’s anger. 

4q For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelona desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, 
and Ekron shall be rooted up. > Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! 
the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that 
there shall be no inhabitant. ¢ And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds 
for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: 
in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, 
and turn away their captivity.t 

8 q I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they 
have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore as I live, saith 
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as 
Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my 
people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 1° This shall they have for 
their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of 





* 
1:2 I will...: Heb. By taking away I will make an end t 1:2 the land: Heb. the face of the land t 1:3 stumblingblocks: or, idols 
RK 
§ 1:5 by the...: or, to the LORD 1:7 bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared tt 1:8 punish: Heb. visit upon +4 1:12 settled: 
* 
Heb. curded, or, thickened 2:1 not...: or, not desirous t 2:7 for the LORD: or, when, etc 


Zephaniah 2:11 708 Zephaniah 3:20 


hosts. The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall 
worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.* 

12 q Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against 
the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And 
flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the 
bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be 
in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.8**tt 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt 
carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a 
place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. 


3 
1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!* 2 She obeyed not the voice; she 


received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.t 3Her princes 
within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 
4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have 
done violence to the law. >The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning 
doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.* 61 have cut off 
the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are 
destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.§ 71 said, Surely thou wilt fear me, 
thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but 
they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. 

8 q Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my 
determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine 
indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 
9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, 
to serve him with one consent.”*tt 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the 
daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all 
thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of 
thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.*+ 
12] will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of 
the LORD. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue 
be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 

14q Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of 
Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of 
Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that day it shall 
be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.88 17 The LORD thy God 
in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, 
he will joy over thee with singing.*** 181 will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, 
who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. ttt 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that 
afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them 
praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.*##88§ 20 At that time will I bring 
you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people 
of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. 





+ 2:11 famish: Heb. make lean § 2:14 cormorant: or, pelican si 2:14 upper...: or, knops, or, chapiters Tf 2:14 for... or, 
when he hath uncovered _ 3:1 her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw 3:2 correction: or, instruction 3:5 every...: Heb, morning 
by morning § 3:6 towers: or, corners = 3:9 language: Heb. lip it 3:9 consent: Heb. shoulder He 3:11 because...: Heb. 
in my holy 88 3:16 slack: or, faint oe 3:17 rest: Heb. be silent Tit 3:18 reproach...: Heb. the burden upon it was reproach 
+t 3:19 get...: Heb. set them for a praise §8§ 3:19 where...: Heb. of their shame 


Haggai 1:1 709 Haggai 2:16 


Haggai 


1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the 
word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and 
to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, *t 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, 
This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built. 3 Then came 
the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled 
houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.* 
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled 
with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it 
into a bag with holes.$ 


74 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.”* 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, 
and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 9 Ye looked 
for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the 
LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.tt 
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 11 And I 
called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new 
wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, 
and upon all the labour of the hands. 

12q Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the 
remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, 
as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. !3 Then spake Haggai 
the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 
M4 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the 
spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and 
they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15In the four and twentieth day 
of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. 


1Im the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by 


the prophet Haggai, saying, * 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and 
to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left 
among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes 
in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O 
Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and 
work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you 
when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. ®For thus saith the LORD 
of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the 
dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house 
with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this 
place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. 

10q In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of 
the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, !! Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning 
the law, saying, !? If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, 
or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. 3 Then 
said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests 
answered and said, It shall be unclean. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is 
this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer 
there is unclean. !5 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was 
laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 1¢ Since those days were, when one came to an heap of 
twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of 





* 
1:1 by: Heb. by the hand of t 1:1 governor: or, captain + 1:5 Consider...: Heb. Set your heart on your ways § 1:6 with 


aK * 
holes: Heb. pierced through 1:7 Consider...: Heb. Set your heart on your ways tt 1:9 blow...: or, blow it away 2:1 by: 
Heb. by the hand of 


Haggai 2:17 710 Haggai 2:23 


the press, there were but twenty. 17I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the 
labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. !8 Consider now from this day and 
upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of 
the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig 
tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. 

20q And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, 
saying, 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 22 And 
Twill overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; 
and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall 
come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take 
thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: 
for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. 


Zechariah 1:1 711 Zechariah 2:11 


Zechariah 


1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the 
son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 2The LORD hath been sore displeased with your 


fathers.” 3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the 
LORD of hosts, and] will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom 
the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, 
and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. 5 Your fathers, 
where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? © But my words and my statutes, which I 
commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and 
said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our 


doings, so hath he dealt with us.t 

7q Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second 
year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the 
prophet, saying, °1 saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the 
myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.* 9Then 
said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what 
these be. 1° And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom 
the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 1 And they answered the angel of the LORD 
that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, 
all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 

12 q Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not 
have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these 
threescore and ten years? 13 And the LORD answered 

the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 14 So the angel that 
communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for 
Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that 
are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus 
saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD 
of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. !’ Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, 
and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 

18 q Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. !9 And I said unto the angel that 
talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, 
Israel, and Jerusalem. 2° And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 21 Then said I, What come these to 
do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up 
his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their 
horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. 


2 

1] lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then 
said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth 
thereof, and what is the length thereof. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, 
and another angel went out to meet him, 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, 
Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 5 For 
I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. 

6 ¢ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you 
abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. 7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with 
the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the 
nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. ° For, behold, I will 
shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the 
LORD of hosts hath sent me. 

10 q Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith 
the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and 





* 
1:2 sore...: Heb. with displeasure t 1:6 take...: or, overtake + 1:8 speckled: or, bay § 1:17 prosperity: Heb. good 


Zechariah 2:12 712 Zechariah 5:4 


I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 
12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 


13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.” 


1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing 


at his right hand to resist him.*t 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; 
even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and 
spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto 
him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change 
of raiment. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, 
and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. © And the angel of the LORD 
protested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and ifthou 
wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will 
give thee places to walk among these that stand by.*§ 

8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men 
wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.”* ° For behold the stone that | 
have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, 
saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 1° In that day, saith the 
LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. 


4 

1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his 
sleep, 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of 
gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, 
which are upon the top thereof:*t 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and 
the other upon the left side thereof. 4So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, 
What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest 
thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is 
the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the 
LORD of hosts.* 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he 
shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word 
of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; 
his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. 1° For 
who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the 
hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the 
whole earth.8** 

11 q Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the 
candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these 
two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?tT##88 
13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14Then said 
he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.*** 


1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. 2 And he said unto 
me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the 
breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of 
the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every 
one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.” 41 will bring it forth, saith the LORD 
of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely 





ig 2:13 his...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness * 3:1 Satan: that is, an adversary t 3:1 to...: Heb. to be his adversary # 3:7 
charge: or, ordinance 8 37 places...: Heb. walks 3:8 wondered...: Heb. of wonder, or, sign * 4:2 a bowl: Heb. her bowl 
t 4:2 seven pipes...: or, seven several pipes to the lamps # 4:6 might: or, army $ 4:10 for they...: or, since the seven eyes of the 
LORD shall rejoice - 4:10 plummet: Heb. stone of tin tt 4:12 through: Heb. by the hand of + 4:12 empty...: or, empty 


RK * 
out of themselves oil into the gold 8§ 4:12 the golden oil: Heb. the gold 4:14 anointed...: Heb. sons of oil 5:3 every 
one that stealeth...: or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth 


Zechariah 5:5 713 Zechariah 7:11 


by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof 
and the stones thereof. 

5 q Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see 
what is this that goeth forth. © And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. 
He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up 
a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.t 8 And he said, This is 
wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth 
thereof. ° Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind 
was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between 
the earth and the heaven. !°Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the 
ephah? 11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, 
and set there upon her own base. 


1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from 
between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were red 
horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the 
fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.” 4Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, 
What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the 


heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.t ©The black horses which are 
therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth 
toward the south country. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro 
through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to 
and fro through the earth. ®Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go 
toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. 

9q And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1° Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, 
of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the 
house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon 
the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh 
the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of 
his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:* 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; 
and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his 
throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, 
and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the 
LORD. 15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know 
that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey 
the voice of the LORD your God. 


1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah 
in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God 
Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,” 3 And to speak unto the priests 
which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth 
month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 

4q Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the 
land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even 
those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? © And when ye did eat, and when ye did 
drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?t 7 Should ye not hear the words which the 
LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the 
cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?#§ 

8 q And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, 
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:** 1° And 
oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil 
against his brother in your heart. !! But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and 





* 
t 5:7 talent: or, weighty piece 6:3 bay: or, stron t 6:5 spirits: or, winds # 6:12 grow...: or, branch up from under him 
igaty p ry’ 8 Pp g P 
* 
7:2. pray...: Heb. intreat the face of t 7:6 did not ye: or, be not ye they that t 7:7 Should...: or, Are not these the words 8 77 
RK 
by: Heb. by the hand of 7:9 Execute...: Heb. Judge judgment of truth 


Zechariah 7:12 714 Zechariah 9:4 


stopped their ears, that they should not hear.tt## 12 yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, 
lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the 
former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.8§ 13 Therefore it is come to 
pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD 
of hosts: !4But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus 
the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant 


land desolate.*** 


1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was 
jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the LORD; 
Iam returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city 
of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 
There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff 
in his hand for very age.” ° And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the 
streets thereof. 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this 
people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.t 7Thus saith 
the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;+ 
8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, 
and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. 

9q Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by 
the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts 
was laid, that the temple might be built. !° For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any 
hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for 
Iset all men every one against his neighbour.§ 11 But now | will not be unto the residue of this people as 
in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her 
fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the 
remnant of this people to possess all these things."* 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse 
among the heathen, 0 house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: 
fear not, but let your hands be strong. !4For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, 
when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: 15 So again have 
I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. 

16 q These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute 
the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:tt 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts 
against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. 

18 q And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 
The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the 
tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and 
peace.*# 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and 
the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go 
speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.88*** 22 Yea, many 
people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the 
LORD.ttt 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take 
hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, 
We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. 


1The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: 
when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 2 And Hamath also shall 
border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, 
and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the Lord will cast 





tt 7:11 pulled...: Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulder +H 7:11 stopped: Heb. made heavy S§ 7.1 by: Heb. by the hand 
of ve 7:14 pleasant...: Heb. land of desire * 8:4 very...: Heb. multitude of days t 8:6 marvellous: or, hard, or, difficult 
+ 8:7 the west...: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun § 8:10 there was...: or, the hire of man became nothing as 8:12 
prosperous: Heb. of peace t 8:16 execute...: Heb. judge truth, and the judgment of peace He 8:19 feasts: or, solemn, or, set 


ARK 
times 88 8:21 speedily: or, continually: Heb. going 8:21 to pray...: Heb. to intreat the face of tit 8:22 to pray...: Heb. 
to intreat the face of 


Zechariah 9:5 715 Zechariah 11:2 


her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 5 Ashkelon shall 
see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be 
ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. © And a bastard 
shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 And I will take away his blood out 
of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be 
for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as aJebusite.” 8 And I will encamp about 
mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: 
and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. 

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh 
unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an 
ass.t 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow 
shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to 
sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 1 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I 
have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.* 

12q Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render 
double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy 
sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 14 And the LORD 
shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the 
trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they 
shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; 
and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.8** 16 And the LORD their God shall 
save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as 
an ensign upon his land. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make 
the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. tt 


1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and 
give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.” 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the 
diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their 
way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. t+ 3 Mine anger was kindled against 
the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of 
Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.§ 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out 
of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. 

5 q And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in 
the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be 
confounded.”* 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I 
will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had 
not cast them off: for 1am the LORD their God, and will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a 
mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; 
their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 81 will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: 
and they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall 
remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 1°1 will bring 
them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into 
the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. !! And he shall pass through the 
sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and 
the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12 And I will 
strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. 


1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is 
fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come 


down. *t 


2 9:7 blood: Heb. bloods t 9:9 having...: or, saving himself # 9:11 by...: or, whose covenant is by blood § 9:15 with..: or, the 





aK * 
stones of the sling 9:15 be...: or, fill both the bowls, etc tt 9:17 cheerful: or, grow, or, speak 10:1 bright...: or, lightnings 
a 
t 10:2 idols: Heb. teraphims t 10:2 were...: or, answered that, etc 8 103 punished: Heb. visited upon 10:5 the riders...: 


* 
or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed 11:2 mighty: or, gallants t 11:2 the forest...: or, the defenced forest 


Zechariah 11:3 716 Zechariah 12:12 


3 q There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring 
of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 

4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and 
hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their 
own shepherds pity them not. © For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: 
but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and 
they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.* 7 And I will feed the flock of 
slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the 
other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.8™* 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul 
lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.*t 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it 
die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.t+ 

10q And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had 
made with all the people. 1! And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited 
upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.S§ 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me 
my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.*** 13 And the LORD 
said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty 
pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. !4Then I cut asunder mine other 
staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. ttt 

15q And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 1° For, 
lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek 
the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh 
of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.t##8$8 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the 
sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye 
shall be utterly darkened. 


12 

1The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, 
and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make 
Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both 
against Judah and against Jerusalem.*t 

3 q And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden 
themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together 
against it. 4In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with 
madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people 
with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall 
be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.* 

6 q In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a 
torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the 
left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7The LORD also shall 
save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David 
shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.8 

9q And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against 
Jerusalem. 1° And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the 
spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they 
shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in 
bitterness for his firstborn. 1 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning 
of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family 
of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their 





aK 
# 11:6 deliver: Heb. make to be found § 11:7 even...: or, verily the poor 11:7 Bands: or, Binders tt 11:8 lothed...: 
ly the pi 
Heb. was straightened for them a 11:9 another: Heb. his fellow, or, neighbour §§ 11:11 so...: or, the poor of the flock, etc. 
eK 
certainly knew 11:12 Ifye...: Heb. If it be good in your eyes ttt 11:14 Bands: or, Binders Ht 11:16 cut off: or, hidden 
* 
11:16 feed: or, bear 12:2 trembling: or, slumber, or, poison 12:2 when...: or, and also against Judah shall he be whic! 
§8§ feed: or, b bling: or, slumber, or, p t h dalso ag dah shall he be which 


shall be in siege against Jerusalem # 12:5 The inhabitants...: or, There is strength to me and to the inhabitants, etc § 12:8 feeble: 
or, abject: Heb. fallen 


Zechariah 12:13 717 Zechariah 14:14 


wives apart; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, 
and their wives apart;'t 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. 


13 

1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.” 

2q And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the 
idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the 
unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then 
his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies 
in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when 
he prophesieth. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one 
of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:!* 5 But 
he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with 
which I was wounded in the house of my friends. 

7q Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of 
hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little 
ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off 
and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will 
refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will 
hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. 


14 

1Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will 
gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and 
the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people 
shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as 
when he fought in the day of battle. 

4q And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the 
east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and 
there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of 
it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains 
shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah 
king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.*t 6 And it shall come 
to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:#§** 7 But it shall be one day which shall 
be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be 
light.tt 

8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the 
former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.** 9 And the 
LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. !° All the 
land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and 
inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and 
from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.88*** 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there 
shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. ttt 

12 q And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought 
against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes 
shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13 And it 
shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall 
lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his 
neighbour. !4 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about 





i 12:12 every...: Heb. families, families tt 12:13 of Shimei: or, of Simeon, as LXX . 13:1 uncleanness: Heb. separation for 
uncleanness Tf 13:4 a rough...: Heb. a garment of hair # 13:4 deceive: Heb. lie si 14:5 the mountains: or, my mountains 
iu 14:5 for the...: or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated + 14:6 that the...: that is, it shall not 
be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world § 14:6 clear: Heb. precious =f 14:6 dark: Heb. thickness tt 14:7 
it shall be...: or, the day shall be one + 14:8 former: or, eastern §§ 14:10 turned: or, compassed = 14:10 inhabited: or, 
shall abide ttt 14:11 shall be: or, shall abide 


Zechariah 14:15 718 Zechariah 14:21 


shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance,*##888 15 And so shall be 
the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in 
these tents, as this plague. 

16 q And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against 
Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep 
the feast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth 
unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if 
the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith 
the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.* 19 This shall be 
the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of 
tabernacles.t 

20 q In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots 
in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar* 2! Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in 
Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, 
and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of 
hosts. 





* 
+4 14:14 Judah...: or, thou also, O Judah shalt §8§ 14:14 at: or, against 14:18 that have no: Heb. upon whom there is not 
t 14:19 punishment: or, sin # 14:20 bells: or, bridles 


Malachi 1:1 719 Malachi 2:13 


Malachi 


1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.” 21 have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet 
ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus 
saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border 
of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. 5 And your eyes 
shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.t 

6q A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? 
and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my 
name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? ’ Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and 
ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.* 8 And 
if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it 
now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.8 
9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: 
will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.**tt 10 Who is there even among you that would 
shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, 
saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. ! For from the rising of the 
sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every 
place incense shall be offered unto my name, anda pure offering: for my name shall be great among the 
heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 

12 q But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, 
even his meat, is contemptible. !° Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, 
saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought 
an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.*# 14But cursed be the deceiver, which 
hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great 
King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.8§ 


1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to 
heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I 
will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, 
I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and 
one shall take you away with it."¥ 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, 
that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and 
peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace 
and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and 
they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But ye are 
departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant 
of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.§ ° Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all 
the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law."* 

10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every 
man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 

11 q Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for 
Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a 
strange god.tt 12The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the 
tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.** 13 And this have ye 





. 1:1 by...: Heb. by the hand of t 1:5 from: or, upon: Heb. from upon # 1:7 offer...: or, bring unto, etc S 1:8 for: Heb. to 

t 1:9 God: Heb. the face of God tt 1:9 by...: Heb. from your hand +H 1:13 and ye have...: or, whereas ye might have blown it 
away S8 1:14 which...: Heb. in whose flock is * 2:3 corrupt: or, reprove t 2:3 spread: Heb. scatter # 2:3 one... or, it shall 
take you away to it § 2:8 stumble at: or, fall in "= 2:9 have been...: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces tt 2:11 
loved: or, ought to love +t 2:12 the master...: or, him that waketh, and him that answereth 


Malachi 2:14 720 Malachi 4:2 


done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch 
that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 

14q Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy 
youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy 
covenant. !5 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That 
he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against 
the wife of his youth.88***ttT 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: 
for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, 
that ye deal not treacherously.+##88§ 

174 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye 
say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is 
the God of judgment? 


1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom 
ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: 
behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who 
shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 3 And he shall sit as 
a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4Then shall the offering of Judah and 


Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.” ° And I will come 
near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, 
and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the 
fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.t 
6For 1am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 

7q Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept 
them. Rein unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall 
we return! 

8 q Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes 
and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 1° Bring ye 
all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, 
saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, 
that there shall not be room enough to receive it.* 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he 
shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the 
field, saith the LORD of hosts.§ 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome 
land, saith the LORD of hosts. 

13 q Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so 
much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his 
ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?**tt 15 And now we call the 
proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.** 

16 q Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and 
heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that 
thought upon his name. !’ And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make 
up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth 

his own son that serveth him.8§ 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the 
wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. 


4 
1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do 
wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that 
it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 
2q But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise 





8§ 2:15 residue: or, excellency a 2:15 godly...: Heb. seed of God GAY 2:15 treacherously: or, unfaithfully +t 2:16 that 
he...: or, if he hate her, put her away S88 9:16 putting...: Heb. to put away i 3:4 former: or, ancient t 3:5 oppress: or, defraud 
t 3:10 pour...: Heb. empty out S$ 3.1 destroy: Heb. corrupt * 3:14 ordinance: Heb. observation tt 3:14 mournfully: 
Heb. in black + 3:15 are set up: Heb. are built 8§ 3:17 jewels: or, special treasure 


Malachi 4:3 721 Malachi 4:6 


with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall 
tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do 
this, saith the LORD of hosts. 

4q Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, 
with the statutes and judgments. 

5 q Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the 
LORD: © And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their 
fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. 


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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW 


1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham 
begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 3 And Judas begat Phares 
and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 4 And Aram begat Aminadab; 
and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and 
Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; © And Jesse begat David the king; and David the 
king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam 
begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat 
Ozias; 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 1° And Ezekias 
begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 11 And Josias begat Jechonias and 
his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: 12 And after they were brought to 
Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; 13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and 
Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; !4 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and 
Achim begat Eliud; 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 1” So all 
the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying 
away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are 
fourteen generations. 

18q Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, 
before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, 
being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 
20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, 
saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived 
in her is of the Holy Ghost. 2! And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for 
he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth 
ason, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24Then Joseph 
being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 25 And 
knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. 


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1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came 
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have 
seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he 
was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes 
of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, 
In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, ® And thou Bethlehem, in the land of 
Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule 
my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently 
what time the star appeared. ® And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for 
the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him 
also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went 
before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 1° When they saw the star, they 
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 

11q And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and 
fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him 
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. !* And being warned of God in a dream that they should not 
return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 And when they were departed, 
behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child 
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the 
young child to destroy him. 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and 
departed into Egypt: 15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 

16 q Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent 
forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years 


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old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. 1” Then was 
fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, 
lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be 
comforted, because they are not. 

19q But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 
20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are 
dead which sought the young child’s life. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, 
and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room 
of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he 
turned aside into the parts of Galilee: 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. 


1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, ? And saying, Repent ye: 
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 
4 And the same John had his raiment of camel’s 

hair, anda leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. > Then went out 
to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, © And were baptized of him in 
Jordan, confessing their sins. 

7q But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, 
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore 
fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: 
for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 1° And now also 
the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is 
hewn down, and cast into the fire. 111 indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that 
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather 
his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 

13 ¢ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad 
him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said 
unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered 
him. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens 
were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 


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1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he 
had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to 
him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered 
and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the 
mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the 
temple, © And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall 
give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord 
thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the 
kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ° And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, 
if thou wilt fall down and worship me. !°Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is 
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. !! Then the devil leaveth 
him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. 

12q Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13 And leaving 
Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and 
Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land 
of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow 
of death light is sprung up. 

174 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

18 q And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his 
brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I 


Matthew 4:20 724 Matthew 5:36 


will make you fishers of men. 2° And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going 
on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship 
with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the 
ship and their father, and followed him. 

23q And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 74 And his 
fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers 
diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, 
and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people 
from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. 


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1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came 
unto him: ? And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, > Blessed are the poor in spirit: for 
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. > Blessed 
are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. © Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed 
are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. ° Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called 
the children of God. 1° Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. !! Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all 
manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your 
reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 

13 q Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it 
is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 4 Ye are the 
light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it 
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. !¢ Let your light 
so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

17q Think not that Iam come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to 
fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass 
from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, 
and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do 
and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 2° For I say unto you, That 
except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

21q Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill 
shall be in danger of the judgment: 2? But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother 
without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, 
shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against 
thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and 
then come and offer thy gift. 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with 
him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, 
and thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till 
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 

27 q Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I 
say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her 
already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is 
profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast 
into hell. 3° And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for 
thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 31 It 
hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32 But I 
say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her 
to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. 

33 q Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, 
but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; 
for it is God’s throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of 
the great King. 3° Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or 


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black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh 
of evil. 

38 q Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto 
you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other 
also. 4° And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 4 
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and 
from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 

43 q Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your 
Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain 
on the just and on the unjust. 4° For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even 
the publicans the same? 4” And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not 
even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 


1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward 
of your Father which is in heaven. * Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of 
men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand 
know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in 
secret himself shall reward thee openly. 

5 q And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in 

the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, 
They have their reward. © But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut 
thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee 
openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall 
be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what 
things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art 
in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. !© Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
1 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever. Amen. ™ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 
16 ¢ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their 
faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But 
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to 
fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee 
openly. 

19 q Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves break through and steal: 2° But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure 
is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy 
whole body shall be full of light. 22 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If 
therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will 
hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, 
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 2° Behold the fowls of the 
air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth 
them. Are ye not much better than they? 2”? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto 
his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; 
they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was 
not arrayed like one of these. 3° Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and 
to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore 
take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye 
have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all 





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these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow 
shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 


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1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with 
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3? And why beholdest thou the mote that is 
in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to 
thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou 
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the 
mote out of thy brother’s eye. 

6 ¢ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they 
trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 

7q Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be 
opened. ° Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 1° Or if he 
ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 1 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your 
children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this 
is the law and the prophets. 

13q Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, 
and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which 
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

15q Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening 
wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A 
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree 
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 2° Wherefore by their fruits ye 
shall know them. 

21 q Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he 
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 2? Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done 
many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

24 q Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a 
wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one 
that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which 
built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, 
and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had 
ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having 
authority, and not as the scribes. 


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1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ? And, behold, there 
came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And Jesus 
put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was 
cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, 
and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 

5 q And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith 
unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that 
thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I 
am aman under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to 
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 19 When Jesus heard it, he 
marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, 
not in Israel. ! And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down 
with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom 
shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said 


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unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant 
was healed in the selfsame hour. 

14q And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. 
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. 

16 q When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he 
cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: !” That it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 

18 ¢ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the 
other side. !9 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever 
thou goest. 2° And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but 
the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 2! And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, 
suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury 
their dead. 

23 q And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a 
great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. #5 And 
his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 2° And he saith unto them, 
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there 
was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds 
and the sea obey him! 

28 q And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two 
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that 
way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art 
thou come hither to torment us before the time? 3° And there was a good way off from them an herd 
of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away 
into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into 
the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, 
and perished in the waters. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told 
every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. 34 And, behold, the whole city came 
out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. 


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1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought 
to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the 
palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within 
themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil 
in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 6 
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the 
sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 7 And he arose, and departed to 
his house. ® But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such 
power unto men. 

9q And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of 
custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 

10q And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came 
and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, 
Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, 
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what that 
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to 
repentance. 

14q Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy 
disciples fast not? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long 
as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from 
them, and then shall they fast. 1 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that 
which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 17 Neither do men 
pet new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: 

ut they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. 

18 q While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, 
saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19 And 
Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 


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20q And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, 
and touched the hem of his garment: 2! For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I 
shall be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good 
comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 73 And 
when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24 He 
said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26 And 
the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 

27 q And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of 
David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and 
Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 2? Then 
touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 3° And their eyes were opened; 
and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, 
spread abroad his fame in all that country. 

32q As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. 33 And when 
the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in 
Israel. 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. 35 And Jesus 
went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, 
and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The 
harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that 
he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 


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1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, 
to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2? Now the names of 
the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the 
son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; 
James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and 
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, 
Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: © But go rather to 
the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 
9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 1° Nor scrip for your journey, neither two 
coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. 1! And into whatsoever 
city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 12 And when 
ye come into an house, salute it. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it 
be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your 
words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15 Verily I say unto 
you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for 
that city. 

16 q Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and 
harmless as doves. !7 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will 
scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, 
for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. !9 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how 
or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 2° For it is not 
ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 21 And the brother shall deliver 
up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, 
and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that 
endureth to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: 
for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 24 
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that 
he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, 
how much more shall they call them of his household? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing 
covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, 
that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 28 And fear not 
them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy 


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both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall 
on the ground without your Father. 3° But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 3! Fear ye not 
therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before 
men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me 
before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34 Think not that 1am come to 
send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For 1am come to set a man at variance 
against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother 
in law. 36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. 3” He that loveth father or mother more 
than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his 
life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 


40 q He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 4! 
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that 
receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of 
a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. 


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1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed 
thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of 
Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for 
another? ‘Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear 
and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, 
the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. © And blessed is he, whosoever 
shall not be offended in me. 


7q And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye 
out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man 
clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 9 But what went ye 
out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. !° For this is he, of whom it 
is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John 
the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from 
the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take 
it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is 
Elias, which was for to come. }5 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 


16 q But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and 
calling unto their fellows, !7 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have 
mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and 
they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man 
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. 


20 q Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they 
repented not: 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which 
were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and 
ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than 
for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for 
if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained 
until this day. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of 
judgment, than for thee. 

25 q At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because 
thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, 
Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 2” All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no 
man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to 
whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 

28 ¢ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke 
upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 3° 
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 


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12 

1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, 
and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, 
Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, 
Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he 
entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither 
for them which were with him, but only for the priests? > Or have ye not read in the law, how that on 
the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? © But I say unto 
you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. ” But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will 
have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. § For the Son of man is Lord 
even of the sabbath day. 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 

10 q And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it 
lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 1 And he said unto them, What man 
shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will 
he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is 
lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he 
stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 

14q Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and 
he healed them all; 1° And charged them that they should not make him known: !’ That it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; 
my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment 
to the Gentiles. !9 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 2°A 
bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto 
victory. 2! And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 

22 q Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, 
insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, 
Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out 
devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, 
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against 
itself shall not stand: 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his 
kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? 
therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom 
of God is come unto you. 29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, 
except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 3° He that is not with me is 
against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 

31q Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the 
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever 

speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever 

speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the 
world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and 
his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 
speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out 
of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure 
bringeth forth evil things. 3° But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall 
give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy 
words thou shalt be condemned. 

38 q Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign 
from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a 
sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 4° For as Jonas was three 
days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in 
the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall 
condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for 
she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater 
than Solomon is here. 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, 
seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; 
and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. #5 Then goeth he, and taketh with 


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himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last 
state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. 

46 q While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring 
to speak with him. 4” Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, 
desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? 
and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold 
my mother and my brethren! 5° For whosoever 

shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 


13 

1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were 
gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on 
the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to 
sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them 
up: > Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, 
because they had no deepness of earth: © And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because 
they had no root, they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and 
choked them: 8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some 
sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. !° And the disciples came, and said 
unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 1! He answered and said unto them, Because it 
is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For 
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, 
from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they 
seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the 
prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall 
see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, 
and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their 
ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. !° But 
blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 1” For verily I say unto you, That many 
prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and 
to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 

18 q Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. !9 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, 
and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his 
heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 2° But he that received the seed into stony 
places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root 
in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by 
and by he is offended. 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and 
the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; 
which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 

24q Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man 
which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the 
wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared 
the tares also. 2” So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow 
good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done 
this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 2° But he said, Nay; 
lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 3° Let both grow together until 
the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and 
bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 

31 q Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of 
mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but 
when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come 
and lodge in the branches thereof. 

33 q Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which awoman 
took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. *4 All these things spake Jesus 
unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things 
which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. 3° Then Jesus sent the multitude away, 


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and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the 
tares of the field. 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children 
of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and 
the reapers are the angels. 4° As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be 
in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his 
kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of 
fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in 
the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

44q Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath 
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 

45q Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when 
he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 

47q Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every 
kind: 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, 
but cast the bad away. 4° So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever 
the wicked from among the just, 5° And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing 
and gnashing of teeth. 51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto 
him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom 
of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new 
and old. 

53 q And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 54 And 
when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were 
astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 55Is not this the 
carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and 
Judas? 5¢ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 57 And 
they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own 
country, and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. 


14 

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John 
the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 

3 q For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his 
brother Philip’s wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. > And when he 
would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. © But 
when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before 
instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger. 9 And the king was sorry: 
nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given 
her. 1° And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. " And his head was brought in a charger, and 
given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, 
and buried it, and went and told Jesus. 

13q When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people 
had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great 
multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 

15q And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time 
is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 
16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 17 And they say unto him, We 
have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he commanded 
the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to 
heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 
20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets 
full. 2! And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 

22q And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the 
other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up 
into amountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24But the ship was 
now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of 
the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the 


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sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 2” But straightway Jesus spake 
unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if 
it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down 
out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 3° But when he saw the wind boisterous, he 
was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched 
forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, 0 thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 
32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship came 
and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 

34q And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of 
that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto 
him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: 
and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. 


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1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2? Why do thy disciples 
transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he 
answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, 
let him die the death. > But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by 
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; © And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be 
free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 7 Ye hypocrites, 
well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, ® This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and 
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. ? But in vain they do worship me, teaching 
for doctrines the commandments of men. 

10 q And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: ™ Not that which 
goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after 
they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not 
planted, shall be rooted up. !4 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead 
the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us 
this parable. 1° And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? !” Do not ye yet understand, 
that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, 
blasphemies: 2° These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not 
aman. 

21q Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 2? And, behold, a woman 
of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou 
Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his 
disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered 
and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25> Then came she and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, 
and to cast it to dogs. 2” And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their 
masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee 
even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 29 And Jesus departed from 
thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 3° And 
great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and 
many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them: 3! Insomuch that the multitude 
wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind 
to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 

32 q Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because 
they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, 
lest they faint in the way. 3° And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in 
the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have 
ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on 
the ground. 3¢ And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave 
to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they 
took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 38 And they that did eat were four thousand 


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men, beside women and children. 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the 
coasts of Magdala. 


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1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a 
sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: 
for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. 
O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A 
wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the 
sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. 5 And when his disciples were come to the 
other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 

6 q Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the 
Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, 0 ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, 
because ye have brought no bread? ° Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of 
the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 1° Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, 
and how many baskets ye took up? | How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you 
concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12Then 
understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

13 ¢ When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do 
men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; 
and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. !5He saith unto them, But whom say ye that Iam? !¢ And 
Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 1” And Jesus answered 
and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto 
thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this 
rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto 
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in 
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 2° Then charged he his 
disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 

21q From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, 
and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again 
the third day. 24 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this 
shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an 
offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 

24q Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take 
up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his 
life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose 
his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 2” For the Son of man shall come in 
the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28 
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son 
of man coming in his kingdom. 


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1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an 
high mountain apart, * And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his 
raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with 
him. 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us 
make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 5 While he yet spake, 
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my 
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. * And when the disciples heard it, they fell on 
their face, and were sore afraid. 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. 
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. 9 And as they came down 
from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be 
risen again from the dead. 1° And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias 
must first come? 1 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all 
things. 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto 
him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. !3 Then the disciples 
understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. 


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14q And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down 
to him, and saying, !5 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he 
falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not 
cure him. !7 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be 
with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and 
he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to 
Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 2° And Jesus said unto them, Because of your 
unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this 
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto 
you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 

22 q And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into 
the hands of men: 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were 
exceeding sorry. 

24 q And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and 
said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus 
prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or 
tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 2° Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto 
him, Then are the children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, 
and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, 
thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. 


18 

1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven? 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3 And said, Verily 1 
say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the 
kingdom of heaven. > And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. © But 
whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone 
were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 

7 q Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to 
that man by whom the offence cometh! 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them 
off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having 
two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and 
cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be 
cast into hell fire. 1° Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in 
heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. !! For the Son of man 
is come to save that which was lost. 12 How think ye? ifa man have an hundred sheep, and one of them 
be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that 
which is gone astray? 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that 
sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father 
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 

15 q Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and 
him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take 
with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let 
him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind 
on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall 
ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 2° For where two or three are gathered 
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

21 q Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive 
him? till seven times? 22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy 
times seven. 

23 q Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of 
his servants. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten 
thousand talents. 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his 
wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 2° The servant therefore fell down, 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27 Then the lord of 


Matthew 18:28 736 Matthew 19:30 


that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same 
servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid 
hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29 And his fellowservant fell 
down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 3° And he 
would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 3! So when his fellowservants 
saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32 Then 
his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, 0 thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, 
because thou desiredst me: 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even 
as I had pity on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should 
pay all that was due unto him. *5 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from 
your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. 


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1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and 
came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed 
them there. 


3q The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put 
away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which 
made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave 
father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? © Wherefore they 
are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her 
away? 8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away 
your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9? And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth 
her which is put away doth commit adultery. 


10 q His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 For 
there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, 
which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for 
the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. 


13 q Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and 
pray: and the disciples rebuked them. !4But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to 
come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 1 And he laid his hands on them, and departed 
thence. 


16 q And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may 
have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, 
that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? 
Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt 
not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I 
yet? 21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and 
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. ?* But when the young man heard that 
saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 


23 q Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a 
needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were 
exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, 
With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 


27 q Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what 
shall we have therefore? 28 AndJesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed 
me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or 
brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive 
an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 3° But many that are first shall be last; and the last 
shall be first. 


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1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the 
morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny 
a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing 
idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I 
will give you. And they went their way. > Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did 
likewise. © And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto 
them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He 
saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. § So when 
even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their 
hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh 
hour, they received every man a penny. !° But when the first came, they supposed that they should 
have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 1! And when they had received it, 
they murmured against the goodman of the house, !* Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, 
and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 13 But he 
answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 
M4 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. !5 Is it not lawful for 
me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 1° So the last shall be first, 
and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 

17q And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto 
the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, 
and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. 

20q Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring 
a certain thing of him. 2! And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these 
my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 2? But Jesus 
answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and 
to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23 And he 
saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized 
with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for 
whom it is prepared of my Father. 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation 
against the two brethren. 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the 
Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it 
shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 2”? And 
whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be 
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 29 And as they departed from 
Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 

30 q And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried 
out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 3! And the multitude rebuked them, because 
they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of 
David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 33 They 
say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched 
their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. 


21 

1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, 
then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway 
ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say 
ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this 
was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter 
of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an 
ass. © And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, 
and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. ® And a very great multitude spread their 
garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9? And the 
multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 1° And when he was come into 
Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? “4 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the 
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 


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12q And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, 
and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto 
them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And when the chief 
priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and 
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 1° And said unto him, Hearest thou 
what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and 
sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 

17q And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. 18 Now in the 
morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. !9 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to 
it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward 
for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 2° And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, 
saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto 
you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye 
shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And 
all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

23q And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto 
him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this 
authority? 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, 
Tin like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? 
from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he 
will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? *° But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; 
for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto 
them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 

28 q But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work 
to day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For 
John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the 
harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. 

33 q Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged 
it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went 
into afar country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, 
that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and 
killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did 
unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill 
him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and 
slew him. 4° When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto 
other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did 
ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of 
the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The 
kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And 
whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him 
to powder. 4“ And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he 
spake of them. 4¢But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they 
took him for a prophet. 


22 

1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them 
that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are 
killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. > But they made light of it, and went their 
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated 
them spitefully, and slew them. 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his 


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armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then saith he to his servants, The 
wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. ° Go ye therefore into the highways, 
and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 1° So those servants went out into the highways, and 
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with 
guests. 

11 q And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding 
garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? 
And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him 
away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 4 For many are 
called, but few are chosen. 

15 q Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And 
they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, 
and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the 
person of men. !7 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shew me the 
tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 2° And he saith unto them, Whose is this image 
and superscription? 2! They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto 
Ceesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s. 22 When they had heard 
these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. 

23 q The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked 
him, 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, 
and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when 
he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: 26 Likewise the 
second also, and the third, unto the seventh. ?” And last of all the woman died also. #8 Therefore in the 
resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 3° For in the resurrection they 
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 3! But as touching 
the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32 Iam 
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of 
the living. 33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. 

34 q But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered 
together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and 
great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 4° On 
these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 

41 q While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying, What think ye of 
Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. 43 He saith unto them, How then doth 
David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till 
I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no man 
was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. 


23 

1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit 
in Moses’ seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye 
after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, 
and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge 
the borders of their garments, © And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the 
synagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye 
called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father 
upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. !° Neither be ye called masters: for one is 
your Master, even Christ. 1! But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever 
shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 

13 q But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make 
long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. !5 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 


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hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him 
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 1° Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever 
shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a 
debtor! 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is 
upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth 
the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And 
whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that shall 
swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, 
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted 
the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to 
leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but 
within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the 
cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 2”? Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are 
within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous 
unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them 
in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children 
of them which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye 
generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 

34q Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from 
city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood 
of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and 
the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, 
Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would 
I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye 
would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me 
henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 


24 

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him 
the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto 
you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 

3 q And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, 
when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4And 
Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. © And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: 
see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation 
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, 
and earthquakes, in divers places. ® All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver 
you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 1° 
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And 
many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. !? And because iniquity shall abound, the love 
of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. !4 And this 
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall 
the end come. 5 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the 
prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in 
Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing 
out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe 
unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 2° But pray ye that your flight 
be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not 
since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should 
be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. 
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall 


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arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were 
possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 2 Wherefore if they shall 
say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe 
it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also 
the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered 
together. 

29 ¢ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall 
not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth 
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his 
elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; 
When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise 
ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, 
This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but 
my words shall not pass away. 

36 q But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that 
were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day 
that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall 
also the coming of the Son of man be. 4° Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the 
other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

42 q Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the 
goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and 
would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour 
as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath 
made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 4° Blessed is that servant, whom 
his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler 
over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 5° The lord of 
that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. 


29 

1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went 
forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were 
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their 
lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. © And at midnight 

there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those 
virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for 
our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and 
you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 19 And while they went to buy, the 
bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, 
Verily I say unto you, I know you not. !3 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour 
wherein the Son of man cometh. 

14q For the kingdom of heaven is as aman travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and 
delivered unto them his goods. !5 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another 
one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 1° Then he that 
had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And 
likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and 
digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. !9 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, 
and reckoneth with them. 2° And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five 
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five 
talents more. 2! His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: 


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behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and 
faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, 
I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou 
hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that 
is thine. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I 
reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put 
my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 78 
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29 For unto every one 
that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away 
even that which he hath. 3° And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

31q When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate 
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep 
on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, 
and ye took me in: 3° Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye 
came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, 
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or 
naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 4° And the 
King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of 
the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 4! Then shall he say also unto them on the left 
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I 
was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 4 I was a stranger, 
and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, 
or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, 
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And 
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 


26 

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know 
that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then 
assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of 
the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and 
kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. 

6 q Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a 
woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at 
meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For 
this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. }° When Jesus understood it, he 
said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. !! For ye 
have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. ! For in that she hath poured this ointment 
on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached 
in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 

14q Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, 
What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces 
of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 

174 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, 
Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? !8 And he said, Go into the city to sucha 
man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with 
my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 
20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I 
say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 2? And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every 
one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with 
me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe 
unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been 


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born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou 
hast said. 

26q And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, 
and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 2” And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission 
of sins. 2? But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when 
I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. 3° And when they had sung an hymn, they went out 
into the mount of Olives. 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this 
night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, 
Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. 34 Jesus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 35 Peter said 
unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. 

36 q Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit 
ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and 
began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, 
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, 
but as thou wilt. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, 
What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 4! Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the 
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, 
O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43 And he came 
and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and 
prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, 
Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the 
hands of sinners. 4° Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 

47q And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with 
swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he that betrayed him gave 
them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 49 And forthwith he came 
to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. 5° And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou 
come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 5! And, behold, one of them which were 
with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and 
smote off his ear. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that 
take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and 
he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be 
fulfilled, that thus it must be? 55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as 
against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and 
ye laid no hold on me. °° But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 
Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 

57 q And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes 
and the elders were assembled. 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and 
went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the 
council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; © But found none: yea, though many 
false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, ©! And said, This 
fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 6? And the high priest 
arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? © But 
Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living 
God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast 
said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of 
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. © Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath 
spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. 
66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. ®” Then did they spit in his face, and 
buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, ° Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou 
Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 

69 ¢ Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with 
Jesus of Galilee. 7° But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he 
was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow 
was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And 


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after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for 
thy speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And 
immediately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before 
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. 


27 

1 when the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against 
Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to 
Pontius Pilate the governor. 

3 q Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, 
and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in 
that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5 And he cast 
down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. © And the chief 
priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the 
price of blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. ° Then was fulfilled that which was 
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that 
was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; !° And gave them for the potter’s field, as the 
Lord appointed me. 1! And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art 
thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. !2 And when he was accused of the 
chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many 
things they witness against thee? !4 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor 
marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, 
whom they would. !¢ And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 1” Therefore when they 
were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or 
Jesus which is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. 

19q When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing 
to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 2° But 
the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 
21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? 
They said, Barabbas. 2? Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? 
They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But 
they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 

24q When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, 
and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see 
ye to it. 2> Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 

26q Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be 
crucified. 2? Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him 
the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on hima scarlet robe. 

29q And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right 
hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 3° And 
they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 3! And after that they had mocked 
him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify 
him. 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear 
his cross. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 

34 q They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not 
drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast 
lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, 
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the 
right hand, and another on the left. 

39 q And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 4° And saying, Thou that destroyest 
the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from 
the cross. 4! Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved 
others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and 
we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, lam 
the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now 
from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 4° And about the ninth 


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hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, 
why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man 
calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and 
put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to 
save him. 

50q Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of 
the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of 
the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when 
the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that 
were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there 
beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 5° Among which was Mary 
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children. 57 When 
the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathzea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ 
disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be 
delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, © And laid it in 
his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the 
sepulchre, and departed. ®! And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against 
the sepulchre. 

62q Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came 
together unto Pilate, ©3 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After 
three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, 
lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: 
so the last error shall be worse than the first. ® Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, 
make it as sure as ye can. °° So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting 
a watch. 


1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary 
Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: 
for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, 
and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear 
of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the 
women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. © He is not here: for he is risen, 
as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is 
risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have 
told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring 
his disciples word. 

9q And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came 
and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 1° Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my 
brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 

11 q Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the 
chief priests all the things that were done. !? And when they were assembled with the elders, and had 
taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, 
and stole him away while we slept. 4 And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, 
and secure you. 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly 
reported among the Jews until this day. 

16 q Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed 
them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and 
spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 

19q Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost: 2° Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, 
lo, 1am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. 


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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK 


1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, 
Isend my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voice of one crying 
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 John did baptize in the 
wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. > And there went out unto 
him all the land of Judzea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, 
confessing their sins. © And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his 
loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than 
I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. 81 indeed have 
baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. ° And it came to pass in those 
days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. 1° And straightway 
coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 
1 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 
12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. 13 And he was there in the wilderness 
forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. 14Now 
after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the 
gospel. 16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net 
into the sea: for they were fishers. !” And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make 
you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. 19 And 
when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who 
also were in the ship mending their nets. 2° And straightway he called them: and they left their father 
Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. 2! And they went into Capernaum; 
and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22 And they were 
astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And 
there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; 
what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who 
thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of 
him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. 
27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing 
is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and 
they do obey him. 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about 
Galilee. 29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of 
Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 3° But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon 
they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the 
fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto 
him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered 
together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; 
and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. 35 And in the morning, rising up a great 
while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 3 And Simon and 
they that were with him followed after him. 37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All 
men seek for thee. 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there 
also: for therefore came I forth. 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and 
cast out devils. 4° And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and 
saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 4! And Jesus, moved with compassion, put 
forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. #2 And as soon as he had 
spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. *3 And he straitly charged 
him, and forthwith sent him away; 44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go 
thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, 
for a testimony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the 
matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: 
and they came to him from every quarter. 


1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, 


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no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, 
bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto 
him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let 
down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick 
of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. © But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and 
reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God 
only? 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, 
he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick 
of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? !° But that ye 
may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 
1 [ say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12 And immediately 
he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and 
glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. !3 And he went forth again by the sea side; and 
all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 1 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son 
of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed 
him. 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat 
also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 6 And when 
the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How 
is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto 
them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to repentance. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and 
they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples 
fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom 
is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 2° But the days will 
come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh 
away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else 
the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new 
wine must be put into new bottles. 23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the 
sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said 
unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25 And he said unto them, 
Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were 
with him? 26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the 
shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore 
the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 


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1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it 
lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their 
hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was 
restored whole as the other. © And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the 
Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. ” But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples 
to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judza, 8 And from Jerusalem, 
and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when 
they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small 
ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 1° For he had healed 
many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. '! And unclean 
spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he 
straitly charged them that they should not make him known. !3 And he goeth up into a mountain, and 
calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should 
be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, 
and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; !7 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the 
brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and 
Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, 
and Simon the Canaanite, !9 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. 


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20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when 
his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. 

22q And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of 
the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How 
can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, 
and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and 
spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. 28 Verily I 
say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they 
shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is 
in danger of eternal damnation: 3° Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 

31 q There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling 
him. 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren 
without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And 
he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. 


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1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, 
so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, 
there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the 
fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much 
earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: © But when the sun was up, 
it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and 
the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. § And other fell on good ground, and did 
yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an 
hundred. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. !° And when he was alone, 
they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 1! And he said unto them, Unto 
you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these 
things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, 
and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 

14q The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but 
when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their 
hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard 
the word, immediately receive it with gladness; !”7 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but 
for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are 
offended. !8 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, !9 And the cares 
of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, 
and it becometh unfruitful. 2° And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the 
word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. 

21q And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not 
to be set on a candlestick? 2? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any 
thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And 
he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: 
and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath 
not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 

26 q And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And 
should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the 


ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest 
is come. 


30q And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we 
compare it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all 
the seeds that be in the earth: 32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all 
herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of 
it. 33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. 34 But 


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without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his 
disciples. 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto 
the other side. 3 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the 
ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the 
waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep 
on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 3? And he 
arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was 
a great calm. 4° And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And 
they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and 
the sea obey him? 


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1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when 
he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because 
that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by 
him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. ° And always, night and day, 
he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. But when he saw 
Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do 
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For 
he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? 
And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. 1° And he besought him much that 
he would not send them away out of the country. 1! Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a 
great herd of swine feeding. 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we 
may enter into them. 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and 
entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about 
two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. 14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, 
and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. 15 And they come to Jesus, 
and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right 
mind: and they were afraid. 16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed 
with the devil, and also concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their 
coasts. !8 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him 
that he might be with him. 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy 
friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 
20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and 
all men did marvel. 21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people 
gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. 2? And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of 
the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 23 And besought him greatly, 
saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that 
she may be healed; and she shall live. 24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and 
thronged him. 25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered 
many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather 
grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For 
she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood 
was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 3° And Jesus, immediately 
knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who 
touched my clothes? 3! And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and 
sayest thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33 But 
the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and 
told him all the truth. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, 
and be whole of thy plague. 35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house 
certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? 3° As soon as 
Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only 
believe. 37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. 
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept 
and wailed greatly. 39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? 
the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 4° And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all 
out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in 


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where the damsel was lying. 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; 
which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 42 And straightway the damsel arose, and 
walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 
43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should 
be given her to eat. 


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1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And 
when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were 
astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given 
unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son 
of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? 
And they were offended at him. 4But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his 
own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 5 And he could there do no mighty work, 
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. © And he marvelled because of their 
unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. 

7q And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them 
power over unclean spirits; 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, 
save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put 
on two coats. 1° And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye 
depart from that place. 1 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, 
shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more 
tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 12 And they went out, 
and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many 
that were sick, and healed them. “ And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) 
and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth 
themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of 
the prophets. !6But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from 
the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for 
Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her. 18 For John had said unto Herod, It 
is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife. 1 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and 
would have killed him; but she could not: 2° For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and 
an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. 2! And 
when aconvenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, 
and chief estates of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and 
pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou 
wilt, and I will give it thee. 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, 
unto the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And 
she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and 
asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. 2° And the 
king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not 
reject her. 2” And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: 
and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the 
damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took 
up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 3° And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and 
told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 3! And he said unto them, 
Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, 
and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 
33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and 
outwent them, and came together unto him. 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and 
was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he 
began to teach them many things. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, 
and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 3° Send them away, that they may go 
into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing 
to eat. 37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and 
buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? 38 He saith unto them, How many loaves 
have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. 3? And he commanded them 
to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 4° And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, 


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and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, 
and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes 
divided he among them all. 42 And they did all eat, and were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets 
full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand 
men. 45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side 
before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed 
into a mountain to pray. 47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone 
on the land. 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about 
the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by 
them. 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried 
out: 5° For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto 
them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. 5! And he went up unto them into the ship; and the 
wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. 52 For they 
considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. 53 And when they had passed 
over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 54 And when they were come out of 
the ship, straightway they knew him, °° And ran through that whole region round about, and began to 
carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 5¢ And whithersoever he entered, 
into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might 
touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. 


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1Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, 
they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding 
the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And 
many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen 
vessels, and of tables. 5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according 
to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? © He answered and said unto them, 
Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their 
lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the 
commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as 
the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well 
ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 1° For Moses said, Honour 
thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: ' But ye say, 
Ifa man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest 
be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many 
such like things do ye. 

14q And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one 
of you, and understand: 45 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: 
but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 1° If any man have ears to 
hear, let him hear. 17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him 
concerning the parable. 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not 
perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because 
it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of 
the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 2? Thefts, covetousness, 
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things 
come from within, and defile the man. 

24q And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an 
house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young 
daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 2 The woman was a Greek, a 
Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, 
and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the 
table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone 
out of thy daughter. 3° And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her 
daughter laid upon the bed. 


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31q And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through 
the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an 
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside 
from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking 
up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And straightway his ears 
were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 3¢ And he charged them that 
they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published 
it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the 
deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. 


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1! those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples 
unto him, and saith unto them, ? I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with 
me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 And if 1 send them away fasting to their own houses, they 
will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence 
can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? > And he asked them, How many loaves 
have ye? And they said, Seven. © And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he 
took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they 
did set them before the people. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to 
set them also before them. ® So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that 
was left seven baskets. 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 

10q And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, 
tempting him. 1? And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a 
sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and 
entering into the ship again departed to the other side. 

14q Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither 

had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, 
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why 
reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet 
hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When 
I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say 
unto him, Twelve. 2° And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments 
took ye up? And they said, Seven. 2! And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 

22 q And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch 
him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on 
his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see 
men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and 
he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go 
into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. 

27q And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Czsarea Philippi: and by the way he 
asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the 
Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say 
ye that Iam? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 3° And he charged them 
that they should tell no man of him. 3! And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer 
many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after 
three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke 
him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee 
behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 

34 q And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, 
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For 
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, 
the same shall save it. 3° For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose 
his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be 
ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of 
man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. 


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1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which 
shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 

2q And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an 
high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3 And his raiment became 
shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4 And there appeared unto 
them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, 
Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, 
and one for Elias. © For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 7 And there was a cloud 
that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with 
themselves. ° And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no 
man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. 1° And they kept that 
saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. 

11q And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? 12 And he answered 
and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of 
man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. 13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed 
come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. 

14q And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes 
questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, 
and running to him saluted him. 6 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? !’ And one 
of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb 
spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his 
teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. 
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I 
suffer you? bring him unto me. 2° And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway 
the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. 2! And he asked his father, How 
long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. 22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into 
the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, 
and help us. 23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine 
unbelief. 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying 
unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that 
many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 28 And when 
he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29 And 
he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. 

30 q And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should 
know it. 3! For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands 
of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32 But they 
understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 

33 q And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed 
among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among 
themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, 
If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and 
set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever 
shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth 
not me, but him that sent me. 

38 q And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he 
followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 3 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: 
for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 4° For 
he that is not against us is on our part. 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my 
name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whosoever 
shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged 
about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for 
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be 
quenched: 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 4° And if thy foot offend thee, 
cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the 


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fire that never shall be quenched: #6 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And 
if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one 
eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 5° 
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, 
and have peace one with another. 


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1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judzea by the farther side of Jordan: and 
the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 

2q And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? 
tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they 
said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. © But from the beginning of the 
creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, 
and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one 
flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 1° And in the house his 
disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her 
husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. 

13 q And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer 
the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. !5 Verily 
I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter 
therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. 

17q And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and 
asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why 
callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. 19 Thou knowest the commandments, 
Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy 
father and mother. 2° And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my 
youth, 2! Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, 
sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take 
up the cross, and follow me. 2? And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great 
possessions. 

23 q And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have 
riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus 
answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter 
into the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich 
man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among 
themselves, Who then can be saved? 27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, 
but not with God: for with God all things are possible. 

28 q Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus 
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, 
or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, 3° But he shall receive 
an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and 
lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. 31 But many that are first shall be last; 
and the last first. 

32.q And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were 
amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them 
what things should happen unto him, 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man 
shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, 
and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit 
upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. 

35 q And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou 
shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should 
do for you? 3? They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other 
on thy left hand, in thy glory. 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of 
the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? 39 And they said 


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unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with 
the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 4° But to sit on my right hand and on my 
left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. 41 And when the ten 
heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. 4? But Jesus called them to him, and 
saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship 
over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. “ But so shall it not be among you: 
but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44 And whosoever of you will be the 
chiefest, shall be servant of all. 45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 

46 q And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples anda great number of 
people, blind Bartimzeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard 
that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on 
me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou 
Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they 
call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. 5° And he, casting away 
his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I 
should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 52 And Jesus 
said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, 
and followed Jesus in the way. 


11 

1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he 
sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against 
you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, 
and bring him. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; 
and straightway he will send him hither. 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door 
without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. ° And certain of them that stood there said 
unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and 
they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon 
him. 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and 
strawed them in the way. ? And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; 
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 1° Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that 
cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into 
the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he 
went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 

12q And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: !° And seeing a fig tree 
afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he 
found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No 
man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 

15q And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that 
sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them 
that sold doves; 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. 
17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house 
of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and 
sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his 
doctrine. 19 And when even was come, he went out of the city. 

20q And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter 
calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered 
away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That 
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not 
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have 
whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe 
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought 
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do 
not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 

27q And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the 
chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, 28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these 
things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? #9 And Jesus answered and said unto 


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them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do 
these things. 3° The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. 3! And they reasoned 
with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet 
indeed. 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto 
them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 


12 

1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge 
about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went 
into a far country. * And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from 
the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away 
empty. 4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him 
in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. 5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, 
and many others; beating some, and killing some. © Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he 
sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. 7 But those husbandmen said among 
themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took 
him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ° What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard 
do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 1° And have 
ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 1! 
This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but 
feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and 
went their way. 

13q And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 
14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for 
no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to 
give tribute to Cesar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, 
said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. 16 And they brought it. And 
he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Czsar’s. !7 And 
Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the things 
that are God’s. And they marvelled at him. 

18g Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, 
saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave 
no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 2° Now there 
were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and 
died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last 
of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she 
be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore 
err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from 
the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 76 
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God 
spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is 
not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. 

28 q And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that 
he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered 
him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 3° And thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with 
all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 3! And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe 
said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but 
he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and 
with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and 
sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from 
the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. 

35 q And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is 
the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on 
my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; 
and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. 


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38 q And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, 
and love salutations in the marketplaces, 3? And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost 
rooms at feasts: 40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall 
receive greater damnation. 

41q And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: 
and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two 
mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say 
unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: “4 
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her 
living. 


13 

1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner 
of stones and what buildings are here! 2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great 
buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he 
sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him 
privately, 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall 
be fulfilled? 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: © For many 
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 7 And when ye shall hear of wars 
and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 8 
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in 
divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 

9 q But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye 
shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against 
them. !° And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 1! But when they shall lead you, 
and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but 
whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 
12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up 
against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for 
my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

14q But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing 
where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the 
mountains: 15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, 
to take any thing out of his house: !6 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up 
his garment. 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 18 And 
pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 1° For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not 
from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 2° And except 
that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he 
hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 2! And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; 
or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 2? For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs 
and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold 
you all things. 

24q But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give 
her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. ?° 
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 2” And then 
shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost 
part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her 
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, 
when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 3° Verily I say unto 
you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 3! Heaven and earth shall pass 
away: but my words shall not pass away. 

32 q But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither 
the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For 
the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, 
and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know 
not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the 
morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, 
Watch. 


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14 


1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the 
scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast 
day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 

3 q And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman 
having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it 
on his head. 4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this 
waste of the ointment made? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and 
have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. © And Jesus said, Let her alone; why 
trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. ” For ye have the poor with you always, and 
whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: 
she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this 
gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of 
for a memorial of her. 

10 q And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. 
4 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he 
might conveniently betray him. 

12q And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, 
Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 1° And he sendeth forth 
two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing 
a pitcher of water: follow him. 4 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, 
The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where | shall eat the passover with my disciples? 15 
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. © And his 
disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready 
the passover. !7 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. !8 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus 
said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19 And they began to be 
sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it 1? 20 And he answered and said 
unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 2! The Son of man indeed goeth, 
as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that 
man if he had never been born. 

22q And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, 
eat: this is my body. 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and 
they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for 
many. 25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink 
it new in the kingdom of God. 

26q And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 2” And Jesus saith unto 
them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and 
the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter 
said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. 3° And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say 
unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But 
he spake the more vehemently, If1 should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also 
said they all. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, 
Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be 
sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: 
tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it 
were possible, the hour might pass from him. 3° And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto 
thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, 
and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one 
hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is 
weak. 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 4° And when he returned, he 
found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. 41 And he 
cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour 
is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that 
betrayeth me is at hand. 

43 q And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great 
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 And he that 
betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and 


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lead him away safely. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, 
master; and kissed him. 

46 q And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, 
and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 49 I was daily with you in 
the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 5° And they all forsook 
him, and fled. 5! And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked 
body; and the young men laid hold on him: 5? And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 

53 q And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and 
the elders and the scribes. 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: 
and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55 And the chief priests and all the council 
sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 5°For many bare false witness 
against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness 
against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within 
three days I will build another made without hands. 59 But neither so did their witness agree together. 
60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what 
is it which these witness against thee? °! But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high 
priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? © And Jesus said, I 
am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of 
heaven. © Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? ® Ye 
have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. © And 
some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: 
and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 

66 q And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67 And 
when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus 
of Nazareth. © But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went 
out into the porch; and the cock crew. ° And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that 
stood by, This is one of them. 7° And he denied it again. Anda little after, they that stood by said again 
to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 7! But he 
began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72 And the second time the 
cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. 


1 

1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes 
and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate 
asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And 
the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, 
saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But Jesus yet 
answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. © Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, 
whomsoever they desired. 7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had 
made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. ® And the multitude 
crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. 9 But Pilate answered them, 
saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 1!°For he knew that the chief priests 
had delivered him for envy. 1! But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release 
Barabbas unto them. !? And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall 
do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. 14 Then Pilate 
said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. 

15q And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, 
when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called 
Przetorium; and they call together the whole band. !7 And they clothed him with purple, and platted 
a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And 
they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped 
him. 2° And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes 
on him, and led him out to crucify him. 21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, 
coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 2 And they bring 
him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23 And they gave him 
to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. 24 And when they had crucified him, they 


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parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 25 And it was the third 
hour, and they crucified him. 2° And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING 
OF THE JEWS. 2? And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on 
his left. 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. 
29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the 
temple, and buildest it in three days, 3° Save thyself, and come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also 
the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot 
save. 32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they 
that were crucified with him reviled him. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness 
over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken 
me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one 
ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; 
let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up 
the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 

39 q And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up 
the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 4° There were also women looking on afar off: 
among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 
41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women 
which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 

42q And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the 
sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, 
came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were 
already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 
45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and 
took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a 
rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother 
of Joses beheld where he was laid. 


16 

1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had 
bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day 
of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, 
Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw 
that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a 
young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. © And 
he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is 
not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he 
goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. § And they went out quickly, 
and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any 
man; for they were afraid. 

9 q Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 
out of whom he had cast seven devils. 1° And she went and told them that had been with him, as they 
mourned and wept. 1! And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, 
believed not. 

12 q After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the 
country. !3 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. 

14q Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their 
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that 
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. !” And these signs 
shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay 
hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 

19 q So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the 
right hand of God. 2° And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and 
confirming the word with signs following. Amen. 


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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE 


1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are 
most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were 
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding 
of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou 
mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. 


5 q There was in the days of Herod, the king of Juda, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course 
of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. ® And they were both 
righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And 
they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 
8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, 
9 According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the 
temple of the Lord. 1° And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of 
incense. 11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar 
of incense. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel 
said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a 
son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice 
at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong 
drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. !6 And many of the 
children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and 
power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of 
the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby 
shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. !9 And the angel answering 
said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and 
to shew thee these glad tidings. 2° And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the 
day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled 
in their season. 2! And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the 
temple. 22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had 
seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. 23 And it came to 
pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. 
24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, 25> Thus hath 
the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. 
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 
27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name 
was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is 
with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, 
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 3° And the angel said unto her, Fear 
not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and 
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the 
Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign 
over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34Then said Mary unto the 
angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The 
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also 
that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 36 And, behold, thy cousin 
Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was 
called barren. 3’ For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of 
the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 39 And Mary arose in 
those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 4° And entered into the house 
of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of 
Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out 
with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And 
whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? “4 For, lo, as soon as the voice 
of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And blessed is she that 
believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. 46 And 
Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 4” And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For 


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he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall 
call me blessed. 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. 5° And his 
mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. 51 He hath shewed strength with his 
arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 5? He hath put down the mighty 
from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. °3 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and 
the rich he hath sent empty away. >4He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. 56 And Mary abode with her about 
three months, and returned to her own house. 57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be 
delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had 
shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth 
day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. © And they said unto her, 
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ® And they made signs to his father, how he 
would have him called. ®3 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And 
they marvelled all. & And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and 
praised God. © And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised 
abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea. © And all they that heard them laid them up in their 
hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. § And his 
father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, ®8 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, ©? And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us 
in the house of his servant David; 7° As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been 
since the world began: 7! That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate 
us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath 
which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of 
the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, 
all the days of our life. 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go 
before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by 
the remission of their sins, 7? Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on 
high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide 
our feet into the way of peace. ®° And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts 
till the day of his shewing unto Israel. 


2 


1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Czsar Augustus, that all the 
world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And 
all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the 
city of Nazareth, into Judza, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the 
house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. ® And 
so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7 And 
she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; 
because there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding 
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, 
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 1° And the angel said 
unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For 
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. !2 And this shall be a 
sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly 
there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, !4Glory to God in 
the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone 
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, 
and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came 
with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 1” And when they had seen it, 
they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that 
heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these 
things, and pondered them in her heart. 2° And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God 
for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 21 And when eight days were 
accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the 
angel before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And when the days of her purification according to the 
law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; 23 (As it 


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is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, 
or two young pigeons. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the 
same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen 
the Lord’s Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the 
child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed 
God, and said, 2° Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 3°For mine 
eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to 
lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at 
those things which were spoken of him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, 
Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be 
spoken against; 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many 
hearts may be revealed. 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe 
of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; 3” And 
she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served 
God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise 
unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. 39 And when they 
had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city 
Nazareth. 4° And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God 
was upon him. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And 
when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when 
they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph 
and his mother knew not of it. “4 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s 
journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him 
not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 4° And it came to pass, that after three days 
they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them 
questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when 
they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with 
us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye 
sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? 5° And they understood not the 
saying which he spake unto them. 5! And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was 
subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom 
and stature, and in favour with God and man. 


3 


1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, 
and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of 
Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the 
word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country 
about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is written in the 
book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye 
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ° Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and 
hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made 
smooth; ¢ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth 
to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have 
Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto 
Abraham. ? And nowalso the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. !° And the people asked him, saying, What 
shall we do then? ! He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him 
that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 12Then came also publicans to be baptized, 
and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which 
is appointed you. 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And 
he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were 
the Christ, or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one 
mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you 


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with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, 
and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 18 And 
many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being 
reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, 
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, 
it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 2? And the Holy 
Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, 
Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years 
of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 24 Which was the son of 
Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was 
the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of 
Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was 
the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 
27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was 
the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, 
which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 22 Which was the son 
of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was 
the son of Levi, 3° Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, 
which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the 
son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 
32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son 
of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, 
which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, 34 Which was the son 
of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which 
was the son of Nachor, 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of 
Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was 
the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 
37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was 
the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, 
which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 


4 

1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the 
wilderness, ? Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when 
they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, 
command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man 
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. > And the devil, taking him up into an high 
mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. © And the devil said 
unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to 
whomsoever I will] give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. ® And Jesus answered 
and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the 
temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: !°For it is written, 
He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: }! And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest 
at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou 
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed 
from him for a season. 

14q And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him 
through all the region round about. !5 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 

16 q And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went 
into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. !” And there was delivered unto him 
the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was 
written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the 
poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering 
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the 
Lord. 2° And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all 
them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 2! And he began to say unto them, This day is 
this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words 
which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? 23 And he said unto them, 
Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in 


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Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted 
in his own country. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when 
the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; 
26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a 
widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was 
cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, 
were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the 
hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 3° But he passing through 
the midst of them went his way, 3! And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them 
on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. 

33 q And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out 
with a loud voice, 34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art 
thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, 
saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he 
came out of him, and hurt him not. 3¢ And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, 
What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come 
out. 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. 

38 q And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother 
was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. 39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the 
fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. 

40 q Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them 
unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. “1 And devils also came out of 
many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not 
to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. 42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert 
place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from 
them. 43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore 
am I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. 


5 

1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the 
lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, 
and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed 
him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the 
ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down 
your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and 
have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. © And when they had this done, 
they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. 7 And they beckoned unto their partners, 
which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both 
the ships, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, 
Depart from me; for I ama sinful man, O Lord. ° For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at 
the draught of the fishes which they had taken: 1° And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, 
which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt 
catch men. !! And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. 

12q And it came to pass, when he was ina certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus 
fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. !3 And he put 
forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed 
from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for 
thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the more 
went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him 
of their infirmities. 

16 q And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a certain 
day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come 
out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal 
them. 

18q And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means 
to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they might 
bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the 
tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. 2° And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, 


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Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is 
this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? ?4 But when Jesus perceived 
their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? 23 Whether is easier, to 
say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 24 But that ye may know that the Son of 
man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, 
and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. 25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took 
up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, 
and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. 

27q And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of 
custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi 
made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others 
that sat down with them. 3° But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, 
Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 3! And Jesus answering said unto them, They 
that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but 
sinners to repentance. 

33 q And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise 
the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the 
children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come, 
when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 

36 q And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; 
if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth 
not with the old. 37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the 
bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and 
both are preserved. 39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The 
old is better. 


6 

1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; 
and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And certain of 
the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 3 And 
Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an 
hungred, and they which were with him; 4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the 
shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests 
alone? 5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. © And it came to pass 
also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose 
right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the 
sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said 
to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and 
stood forth. 9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to 
do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 1° And looking round about upon them all, he said 
unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 
4 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 
12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night 
in prayer to God. 

13. q And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also 
he named apostles; 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, 
Philip and Bartholomew, 5 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphzeus, and Simon called Zelotes, 
16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 

17q And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a 
great multitude of people out of all Judeea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, 
which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 18 And they that were vexed with unclean 
spirits: and they were healed. 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue 
out of him, and healed them all. 

20q And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom 
of God. 2! Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye 
shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their 
company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 23 Rejoice ye 
in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their 
fathers unto the prophets. 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 


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25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn 
and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false 
prophets. 

27 q But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless 
them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 2? And unto him that smiteth thee 
on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. 
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 32 For if ye love them which 
love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if ye do good to them 
which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. *4 And if ye lend to them 
of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much 
again. 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward 
shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to 
the evil. 3 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be 
judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and 
it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall 
men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you 
again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into 
the ditch? 4° The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is 
in thine own eye? 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that 
is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, 
cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that 
is in thy brother’s eye. #3 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree 
bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather 
figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart 
bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth 
that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 

46 q And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to 
me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man 
which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, 
the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon 
the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that 
house was great. 


7 

1Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 
2 Anda certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. 3 And when he 
heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal 
his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy 
for whom he should do this: 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. © Then 
Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to 
him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for Iam not worthy that thou shouldest enter under 
my roof: 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my 
servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say 
unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he 
doeth it. 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto 
the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 1° And 
they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. 

11q And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples 
went with him, and much people. 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was 
a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city 
was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I 
say unto thee, Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his 
mother. 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen 
up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. !7 And this rumour of him went forth throughout 


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all Judza, and throughout all the region round about. 18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all 
these things. 

19q And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should 
come? or look we for another? 2° When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath 
sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 2! And in that same 
hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind 
he gave sight. 22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have 
seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead 
are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in 
me. 

24q And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning 
John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 25 But what went 
ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and 
live delicately, are in kings’ courts. 26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto 
you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger 
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I say unto you, Among those that are 
born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom 
of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being 
baptized with the baptism of John. 3°But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against 
themselves, being not baptized of him. 

31q And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are 
they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and 
saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not 
wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, 
a friend of publicans and sinners! 35 But wisdom is justified of all her children. 

36q And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s 
house, and sat down to meat. 3” And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew 
that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his 
feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her 
head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had 
bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known 
who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. 4° And Jesus answering 
said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 41 There was a 
certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And 
when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will 
love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said 
unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou 
this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my 
feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman 
since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: 
but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which 
are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48 And 
he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within 
themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 5° And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved 
thee; go in peace. 


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1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and 
shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And certain women, 
which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went 
seven devils, 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which 
ministered unto him of their substance. 

4q And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake 
by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it 
was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. © And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as 
it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and 
the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. § And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare 


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fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? !° And he said, Unto you it is 
given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might 
not see, and hearing they might not understand. 1! Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of 
God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word 
out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 They on the rock are they, which, when 
they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of 
temptation fall away. 4 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go 
forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, 
keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 

16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but 
setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret, that 
shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. 18 Take 
heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from 
him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. 

19q Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. 2° And 
it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. 
21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word 
of God, and do it. 

22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto 
them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 73 But as they sailed 
he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and 
were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he 
arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And 
he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What 
manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. 

26 q And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 27 And when he 
went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware 
no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell 
down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most 
high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of 
the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he 
brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) 3° And Jesus asked him, saying, What 
is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. 31 And they besought 
him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many 
swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. 
And he suffered them. 33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the 
herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. 34 When they that fed them saw 
what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then they went out 
to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, 
sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 36 They also which saw 
it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. 

37 q Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart 
from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. 
38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but 
Jesus sent him away, saying, 29 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done 
unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had 
done unto him. 4° And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: 
for they were all waiting for him. 

41q And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he 
fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 4? For he had one only 
daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 

43 ¢ And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon 
physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: 
and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, 
Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest 
thou, Who touched me? 4° And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is 


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gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling 
down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, 
and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith 
hath made thee whole; go in peace. 

49 q While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, 
Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. 5° But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear 
not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. >! And when he came into the house, he suffered no 
man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 5? And all 
wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him 
to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, 
saying, Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to 
give her meat. 5° And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man 
what was done. 


1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, 
and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3 And he 
said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; 
neither have two coats apiece. 4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 
5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your 
feet for a testimony against them. © And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the 
gospel, and healing every where. 

7 q Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that 
it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; 8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of 
others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who 
is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. 

10q And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, 
and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 And the people, 
when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, 
and healed them that had need of healing. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the 
twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country 
round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. 13 But he said unto them, 
Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go 
and buy meat for all this people. !4For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, 
Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. 1° Then 
he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and 
gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was 
taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. 

18 q And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, 
saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; 
and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 2° He said unto them, But whom say ye that 
Iam? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them 
to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the 
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. 

23 q And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his 
cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his 
life for my sake, the same shall save it. 2° For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, 
and lose himself, or be cast away? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him 
shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the 
holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till 
they see the kingdom of God. 

28 q And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, 
and went up into a mountain to pray. 2° And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, 
and his raiment was white and glistering. 3° And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were 
Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at 
Jerusalem. 32But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, 
they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 33 And it came to pass, as they departed from 
him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one 


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for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. 34 While he thus spake, there 
came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. 35 And there 
came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 36 And when the voice was 
past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things 
which they had seen. 

37q And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people 
met him. 38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon 
my son: for he is mine only child. 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it 
teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. 4° And I besought 
thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. 41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse 
generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. 42 And as he was yet a 
coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the 
child, and delivered him again to his father. 

43 q And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at 
all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for 
the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it 
was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 

46 ¢ Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And Jesus, 
perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, 48 And said unto them, 
Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth 
him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. 

49 q And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad 
him, because he followeth not with us. 5° And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not 
against us is for us. 

51q And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set 
his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into 
a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face 
was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, 
Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias 
did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 5° For 
the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. 

57q And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow 
thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have 
nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But 
he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. © Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their 
dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. ®! And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; 
but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. © And Jesus said unto him, No 
man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 


10 


1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face 
into every city and place, whither he himself would come. ? Therefore said he unto them, The harvest 
truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send 
forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. > And into whatsoever house 
ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. © And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon 
it: if not, it shall turn to you again. 7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things 
as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. ® And into whatsoever 
city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: 9 And heal the sick that are 
therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 1° But into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, !! Even the very 
dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, 
that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable 
in that day for Sodom, than for that city. 3 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for 
if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great 
while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon 
at the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust 


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down to hell. 1° He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that 
despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 

17q And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us 
through thy name. !8 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, 
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and 
nothing shall by any means hurt you. 2° Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject 
unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 

21 q In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even 
so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no 
man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the 
Son will reveal him. 

23 q And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the 
things that ye see: 24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things 
a ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard 
them. 

25 q And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to 
inherit eternal life? 2°He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 And he 
answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou 
hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, 
And who is my neighbour? 3° And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, 
leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw 
him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and 
looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his 
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took 
care of him. 35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the 
host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I 
will repay thee. 3° Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among 
the thieves? 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou 
likewise. 

38 q Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman 
named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ 
feet, and heard his word. 4° But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, 
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many 
things: 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken 
away from her. 


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1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples 
said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When 
ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we 
also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. 
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say 
unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; ® For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have 
nothing to set before him? 7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is 
now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. ® I say unto you, Though he 
will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give 
him as many as he needeth. ° And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; 
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 1° For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh 
findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a 
father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall 
ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto 
your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 


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14q And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was 
gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils 
through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from 
heaven. !” But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is 
brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. 18 If Satan also be divided against 
himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19 
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be 
your judges. 2° But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come 
upon you. 2! When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 22 But when a 
stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein 
he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not 
with me scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, 
seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. #5 And when 
he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits 
more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse 
than the first. 

27 q And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her 
voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 

29q And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: 
they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 3° For as Jonas 
was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 3! The queen of 
the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she 
came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than 
Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall 
condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 33 
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a 
candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore 
when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is 
full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 3° If thy whole 
body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright 
shining of a candle doth give thee light. 

37 q And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat 
down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before 
dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the 
platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 4° Ye fools, did not he that made that 
which is without make that which is within also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; 
and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue 
and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, 
and not to leave the other undone. 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the 
synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye 
are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. 

45 q Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us 
also. 4° And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, 
and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the 
sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the 
deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also 
said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and 
persecute: °° That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may 
be required of this generation; 5! From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished 
between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 5 Woe 
unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and 
them that were entering in ye hindered. %3 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the 
Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait 
for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 


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insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware 
ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not 
be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness 
shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon 
the housetops. 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that 
have no more that they can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after 
he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. © Are not five sparrows sold 
for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 7 But even the very hairs of your head 
are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. ® Also I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of 
God: 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 1° And whosoever 
shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth 
against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. !! And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and 
unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall 
say: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 

13. q And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the 
inheritance with me. ™ And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in 
the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The 
ground ofa certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What 
shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will 1 do: I will pull 
down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will 
say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be 
merry. 2° But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose 
shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 2! So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is 
not rich toward God. 

22q And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more 
than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse 
nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you 
with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which 
is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 2” Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin 
not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then 
God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much 
more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, 
neither be ye of doubtful mind. 2° For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your 
Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 

31q But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 Fear not, 
little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 3° Sell that ye have, and give 
alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no 
thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be 
also. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that 
wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they 
may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall 
find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, 
and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third 
watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house 
had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house 
to be broken through. 4° Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye 
think not. 

41q Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord 
said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, 
to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 
cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he 
hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat 
the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 4° The lord of that servant will 
come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in 
sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant, which knew his 


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lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For 
unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed 
much, of him they will ask the more. 

49 q I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 5° But I have a 
baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 51 Suppose ye that Iam 
come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall 
be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided 
against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter 
against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against 
her mother in law. 

54 q And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, 
There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; 
and it cometh to pass. 5° Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is 
it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 

58 q When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence 
that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to 
the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou 
hast paid the very last mite. 


13 

1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilzans, whose blood Pilate had 
mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileeans 
were sinners above all the Galilzeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except 
ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and 
slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: 
but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 

6 q He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came 
and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, 
these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it 
the ground? 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, 
and dung it: ° And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. !° And he was 
teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 

11q And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed 
together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and 
said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and 
immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered 
with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There 
are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath 
day. 5 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath 
loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 1° And ought not this woman, 
being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this 
bond on the sabbath day? 17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and 
all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. 

18q Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is 
like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great 
tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 2° And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken 
the kingdom of God? 2! It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the 
whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward 
Jerusalem. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 

24q Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not 
be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to 
stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say 
unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy 
presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence 
ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, 
when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you 
yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and 


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from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 3° And, behold, there are last which shall be 
first, and there are first which shall be last. 

31 q The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart 
hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out 
devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 33 Nevertheless I 
must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of 
Jerusalem. 34 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto 
thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her 
wings, and ye would not! 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye 
shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 


14 

1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the 
sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had 
the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal 
on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 
5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not 
straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? © And they could not answer him again to these things. 

7q And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the 
chief rooms; saying unto them, § When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the 
highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; ? And he that bade thee and 
him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 1° 
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, 
he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that 
sit at meat with thee. ' For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 

12q Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy 
friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, 
and a recompence be made thee. 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the 
lame, the blind: 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be 
recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

15q And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed 
is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. !©Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great 
supper, and bade many: !7 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; 
for all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto 
him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 2! So that servant came, and 
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out 
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the 
halt, and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is 
room. 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them 
to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were 
bidden shall taste of my supper. 

25 q And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 7° If any man 
come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, 
yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and 
come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down 
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the 
foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 3° Saying, This man began 
to build, and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth 
not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against 
him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, 
and desireth conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he 
hath, he cannot be my disciple. 

34 q Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35 It is neither 
fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 


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1S 

1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and 
scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 

3q And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he 
lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, 
until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. © And when he 
cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for 
I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one 
sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 

8 q Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and 
sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her 
friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had 
lost. 19 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that 
repenteth. 

11q And he said, A certain man had two sons: !2 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, 
give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many 
days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there 
wasted his substance with riotous living. 4 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in 
that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; 
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks 
that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How 
many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 | 
will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 2° And 
he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had 
compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 2! And the son said unto him, Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father 
said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes 
on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my 
son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 75 Now his 
elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 2”? And he said unto him, 
Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and 
sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at 
any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my 
friends: 3° But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou 
hast killed for him the fatted calf. 3! And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I 
have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, 
and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. 


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1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the 
same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2? And he called him, and said unto him, 
How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer 
steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall 1 do? for my lord taketh away from me the 
stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg Iam ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of 
the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. > So he called every one of his lord’s debtors 
unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? © And he said, An hundred 
measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said 
he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said 
unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because 
he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of 
light. 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when 
ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. !° He that is faithful in that which is least is 
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. " If therefore ye have 
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And 
if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? 


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13 q No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he 
will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ' And the Pharisees 
also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 45 And he said unto them, Ye 
are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly 
esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 16 The law and the prophets were until John: 
since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 1” And it is easier 
for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, 
and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her 
husband committeth adultery. 

19q There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously 
every day: 2° And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs 
came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels 
into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being 
in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 74 And he cried and said, Father 
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool 
my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and 
thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they 
which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 78 
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 3° And he said, 
Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 3! And he said unto 
him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from 
the dead. 


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1Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, 
through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and 
he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 

3q Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive 
him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, 
saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. © And 
the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be 
thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. 7 But which of 
you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from 
the field, Go and sit down to meat? 8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may 
sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and 
drink? ° Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow 
not. 1° So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are 
unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. 

11q And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and 
Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which 
stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when 
he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as 
they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and 
with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was 
a Samaritan. !” And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, 
Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. 

20q And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he 
answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 2! Neither shall they 
say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the 
disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye 
shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part 
under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and 


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be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the 
Son of man. 2? They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the 
day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it 
was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed 
them all. 3° Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 3! In that day, he which 
shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he 
that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek 
to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night 
there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 3> Two women 
shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 3° Two men shall be in the field; 
the one shall be taken, and the other left. 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And 
he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. 


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1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 
2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was 
a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would 
not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; > Yet 
because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. © And 
the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry 
day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. 
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 9 And he spake this parable 
unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 1° Two men 
went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 1! The Pharisee stood 
and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, 
adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And 
the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his 
breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 4 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified 
rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his 
disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children 
to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. !” Verily I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. 18 And 
a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus 
said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 29 Thou knowest the 
commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour 
thy father and thy mother. 2! And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 22 Now when Jesus 
heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute 
unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 And when he heard 
this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, 
he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 2° For it is easier for a 
camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26 And they 
that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 2? And he said, The things which are impossible with men 
are possible with God. 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. 29 And he said unto 
them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or 
children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, 3° Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, 
and in the world to come life everlasting. 

31 q Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all 
things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 32 For he 
shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they 
understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things 
which were spoken. 

35 q And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way 
side begging: 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. 37 And they told him, that 
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And 
they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, 


Luke 18:40 780 Luke 19:44 


Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 4° And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto 
him: and when he was come near, he asked him, 4! Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? 
And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith 
hath saved thee. 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all 
the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. 


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1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, 
which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; 
and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. 4 And he ran before, and climbed up into 
a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked 
up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide 
at thy house. © And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, 
they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. 8 And Zacchzus 
stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken 
any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. 9 And Jesus said unto him, This 
day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. !° For the Son of man is 
come to seek and to save that which was lost. !! And as they heard these things, he added and spake a 
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should 
immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for 
himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, 
and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 4 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, 
saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. !5 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, 
having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he 
had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 1° Then came 
the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. !” And he said unto him, Well, thou good 
servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18 And the 
second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. !9 And he said likewise to him, Be thou 
also over five cities. 29 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept 
laid up in a napkin: 2! For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou 
layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own 
mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that 
I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the 
bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 24 And he said unto them that 
stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25 (And they said unto him, 
Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and 
from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 2? But those mine enemies, 
which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 

28q And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, 
when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two 
of his disciples, 3° Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall 
find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. 31 And if any man ask you, 
Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. 32 And they that 
were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. 33 And as they were loosing the 
colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? 34 And they said, The Lord hath need of 
him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus 
thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. 3” And when he was come nigh, even 
now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and 
praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King 
that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the 
Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 4° And he answered 
and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry 
out. 

41q And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, 
even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, 
and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou 


Luke 19:45 781 Luke 20:44 


knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that 
sold therein, and them that bought; 4° Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: 
but ye have made it a den of thieves. 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the 
scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 48 And could not find what they might do: 
for all the people were very attentive to hear him. 


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1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached 
the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, 2 And spake unto him, 
saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? 
3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4 The baptism 
of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, 
From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? © But and if we say, Of men; all the people 
will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 7 And they answered, that they could not 
tell whence it was. 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 
9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth 
to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 1° And at the season he sent a servant to 
the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, 
and sent him away empty. !! And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated 
him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, 
and cast him out. 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: 
it may be they will reverence him when they see him. 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they 
reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may 
be ours. 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the 
vineyard do unto them? 16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard 
to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 17 And he beheld them, and said, What is 
this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the 
corner? 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will 
grind him to powder. 

19q And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared 
the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 2° And they watched him, 
and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, 
that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 2! And they asked him, 
saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of 
any, but teachest the way of God truly: 2? Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? 23 But 
he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 24 Shew me a penny. Whose 
image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Ceesar’s. 25 And he said unto them, Render 
therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s. 26 And 
they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held 
their peace. 

274 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they 
asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die 
without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There 
were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 3° And the second 
took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: 
and they left no children, and died. 32 Last of all the woman died also. 33 Therefore in the resurrection 
whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. 34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The 
children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy 
to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 3¢ 
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being 
the children of the resurrection. 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when 
he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a 
God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. 

39 q Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. 4° And after that they 
durst not ask him any question at all. 41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son? 
42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
hand, 43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then 
his son? 


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45 q Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, 46 Beware of the scribes, which 
desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, 
and the chief rooms at feasts; 47 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the 
same shall receive greater damnation. 


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1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a 
certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this 
poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the 
offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. 

5 q And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone 
upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall 
these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, 
Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time 
draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. ? But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be 
not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. !° Then said he 
unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 1! And great earthquakes 
shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be 
from heaven. 12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering 
you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. 
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 4 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before 
what ye shall answer: 1 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not 
be able to gainsay nor resist. 1 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, 
and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men 
for my name’s sake. 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye 
your souls. 29 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation 
thereof is nigh. 2! Then let them which are in Judza flee to the mountains; and let them which are in 
the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be 
the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and 
wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive 
into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles 
be fulfilled. 

25 q And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress 
of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 2° Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for 
looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when 
these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth 
nigh. 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 3° When they now shoot 
forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 3! So likewise ye, when 
ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto 
you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but 
my words shall not pass away. 

34q And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it 
come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 3 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, 
that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before 
the Son of man. 37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and 
abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. 38 And all the people came early in the morning 
to him in the temple, for to hear him. 


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1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests 
and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. 
3q Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he 
went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. 


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5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. © And he promised, and sought opportunity 
to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. 

7q Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. § And he sent Peter 
and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where 
wilt thou that we prepare? !° And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, 
there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth 
in. 1! And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the 
guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he shall shew you a large 
upper room furnished: there make ready. !3 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and 
they made ready the passover. !4 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles 
with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I 
suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I 
say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 

19q And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body 
which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 2° Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, 
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. 

21 q But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of 
man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began 
to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 

24q And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25 And 
he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise 
authority upon them are called benefactors. 26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among 
you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 2” For whether is greater, 
he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he 
that serveth. 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 2? And I appoint unto 
you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; 2° That ye may eat and drink at my table in my 
kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

31q And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as 
wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen 
thy brethren. 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny 
that thou knowest me. 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, 
lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 3¢Then said he unto them, But now, he that hatha purse, 
let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 
37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned 
among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. 38 And they said, Lord, behold, 
here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. 

39q And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed 
him. 4° And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 41 And 
he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if 
thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there 
appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony he prayed more 
earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45 And when 
he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, “6 And said 
unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 

47q And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went 
before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou 
the Son of man witha kiss? 49 When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto 
him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? 

50 q And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. 5! And Jesus 
answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. 5 Then Jesus said unto 
the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, 
as against a thief, with swords and staves? 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched 
forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. 

54 q Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter 
followed afar off. °5 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down 
together, Peter sat down among them. °° But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and 


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earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, 
Woman, I know him not. °8 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. 
And Peter said, Man, I am not. 59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, 
saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilean. © And Peter said, Man, I know not 
what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. ®! And the Lord turned, and 
looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the 
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. © And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. 

63 q And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. ®4 And when they had blindfolded 
him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? © And 
many other things blasphemously spake they against him. 

66 q And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came 
together, and led him into their council, saying, ®” Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, 
If I tell you, ye will not believe: 8 AndifI also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. ©? Hereafter 
shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. 7° Then said they all, Art thou then the 
Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that Iam. 7! And they said, What need we any further 
witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. 


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1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, 
saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that 
he himself is Christ a King. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he 
answered him and said, Thou sayest it. 4Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find 
no fault in this man. 5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching 
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. © When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked 
whether the man were a Galilaean. 7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, 
he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. 

8 q And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long 
season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by 
him. 9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. 1° And the chief 
priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. !! And Herod with his men of war set him at 
nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him ina gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. 

12q And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity 
between themselves. 

13 q And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, !4 Said 
unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having 
examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 
15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 1°1 will 
therefore chastise him, and release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) 
18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19 (Who for 
a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 2° Pilate therefore, willing 
to release Jesus, spake again to them. 2! But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 22 And he 
said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I 
will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that 
he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave 
sentence that it should be as they required. 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and 
murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. 26 And as 
they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him 
they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 

27 q And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and 
lamented him. 28 ButJesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep 
for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 
Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. 3° Then 
shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 3! For if they do these 
things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? 32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led 
with him to be put to death. 33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there 
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 

34q Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his 
raiment, and cast lots. 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, 


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saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. 36 And the soldiers 
also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, 3” And saying, If thou be the king of the 
Jews, save thyself. 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and 
Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

39 q And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save 
thyself and us. 4° But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art 
in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but 
this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest 
into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in 

aradise. 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth 
our. 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 

46q And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: 
and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified 
God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 48 And all the people that came together to that sight, 
beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. 49 And all his acquaintance, 
and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. 

50 q And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 
51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimatheea, a city of the 
Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the 
body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn 
in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath 
drew on. 55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the 
sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 5° And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and 
rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. 


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1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, 
bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. ? And they found the stone 
rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And 
it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining 
garments: > And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why 
seek ye the living among the dead? © He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you 
when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, 
and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered his words, ? And returned from 
the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. !°It was Mary Magdalene, 
and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these 
things unto the apostles. 1! And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 
12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid 
by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 

13. q And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from 
Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 4 And they talked together of all these things which had 
happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself 
drew near, and went with them. !¢But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 17 And 
he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, 
and are sad? !8 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only 
a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? 
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which 
was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 2° And how the chief priests 
and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 2! But we trusted that 
it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since 
these things were done. 22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which 
were early at the sepulchre; 23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had 
also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 24 And certain of them which were with us 
went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. 25 Then he 
said unto them, 0 fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26 Ought not 
Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 2” And beginning at Moses and all the 
prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 28 And they 
drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. 


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29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. 
And he went in to tarry with them. °° And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 3! And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he 
vanished out of their sight. 32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while 
he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? 33 And they rose up the same 
hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with 
them, 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. 35 And they told what things 
were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. 

36 q And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace 
be unto you. 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38 And 
he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold my 
hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye 
see me have. 4° And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while 
they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? 42 And they 
gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. “ And he took it, and did eat before them. 
44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all 
things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, 
concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead 
the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all 
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things. 

49 q And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from on high. 

50q And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 5! And 
it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 5? And 
they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And were continually in the temple, 
praising and blessing God. Amen. 


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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN 


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ? The same was 
in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made 
that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; 
and the darkness comprehended it not. 

6 q There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear 
witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. § He was not that Light, but was sent to 
bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the 
world. 1° He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 1 He 
came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, 
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of 
grace and truth. 

15 q John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after 
me is preferred before me: for he was before me. !¢ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace 
for grace. 1” For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath 
seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 

19q And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 
Who art thou? 2° And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they 
asked him, What then? Art thouElias? And he saith, lam not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, 
No. 2? Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What 
sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way 
of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. 24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 2° And they 
asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither 
that prophet? 2°John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among 
you, whom ye know not; 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet 
Iam not worthy to unloose. 28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was 
baptizing. 

29 q The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh 
away the sin of the world. 3° This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred 
before me: for he was before me. 3! And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, 
therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending 
from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize 
with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining 
on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is 
the Son of God. 

35 q Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; 36 And looking upon Jesus as he 
walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed 
Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said 
unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 39 He saith unto 
them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was 
about the tenth hour. 4° One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon 
Peter’s brother. 4! He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the 
Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld 
him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, 
A stone. 

43 ¢ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, 
Follow me. 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 4° Philip findeth Nathanael, 
and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus 
of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out 
of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of 
him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest 
thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under 
the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; 
thou art the King of Israel. 5° Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee 


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under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. 51 And he saith unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and 
descending upon the Son of man. 


2 

1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And 
both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother 
of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with 
thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, 
do it. © And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, 
containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And 
they filled them up to the brim. § And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor 
of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, 
and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast 
called the bridegroom, 1° And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; 
and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until 
now. !! This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his 
disciples believed on him. 

12q After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: 
and they continued there not many days. 

13q And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple 
those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made 
a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured 
out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; !° And said unto them that sold doves, Take these 
things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. 7 And his disciples remembered 
that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. 

18 q Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou 
doest these things? !°Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will 
raise it up. 2° Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it 
up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was risen from the 
dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and 
the word which Jesus had said. 

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when 
they saw the miracles which he did. 74 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew 
all men, 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. 


Bs) 


1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2The same came to Jesus 
by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can 
do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus 
saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s 
womb, and be born? 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. © That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it 
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said 
unto him, How can these things be? !° Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, 
and knowest not these things? 1 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify 
that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. !2 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe 
not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, 
but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 

14q And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

16 ¢ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. 1” For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the 
world; but that the world through him might be saved. 

18 q He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, 
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the 


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condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. 2° For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, 
lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may 
be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 

22q After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with 
them, and baptized. 

23 q And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and 
they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 

25 q Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And 
they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou 
barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A 
man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. #8 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that 
I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: 
but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the 
bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 3° He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He 
that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that 
cometh from heaven is above all. 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man 
receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure 
unto him. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 3¢ He that believeth on 
the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 


1when therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more 
disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judea, and 
departed again into Galilee. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city 
of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 
6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: 
and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto 
her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) ? Then saith the 
woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman 
of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. !° Jesus answered and said unto her, 
If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have 
asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 1! The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast 
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? 1? Art thou 
greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and 
his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I 
shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith 
unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. !¢Jesus saith unto 
her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. !7 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. 
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and 
he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. !? The woman saith unto him, 
Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 2° Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in 
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 2! Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the 
hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye 
worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour 
cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the 
Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in 
spirit and in truth. 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: 
when he is come, he will tell us all things. 2° Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 

27 q And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man 
said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and 
went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 2? Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever 
I did: is not this the Christ? 3°Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. 

314 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have 
meat to eat that ye know not of. 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought 
him ought to eat? 34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish 


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his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, 
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth 
receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth 
may rejoice together. 3” And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent 
you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their 
labours. 

39 q And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which 
testified, He told me all that ever I did. 4°So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought 
him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed because 
of his own word; 42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have 
heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 

43 q Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 44For Jesus himself testified, that 
a prophet hath no honour in his own country. 45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans 
received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto 
the feast. 4° So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was 
a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of 
Judzea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: 
for he was at the point of death. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye 
will not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 5° Jesus saith unto 
him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and 
he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy 
son liveth. 52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, 
Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, 
in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This is 
again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judza into Galilee. 


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1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem 
by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In 
these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the 
water. 4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever 
then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 
5 Anda certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. °When Jesus saw him lie, 
and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the 
pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up 
thy bed, and walk. ? And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and 
on the same day was the sabbath. 

10q The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to 
carry thy bed. 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, 
and walk. !2Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being 
in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made 
whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that 
it was Jesus, which had made him whole. © And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to 
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 

17q But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. !8 Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, 
making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he 
doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 2° For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things 
that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 2! For as the 
Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the 
Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour 
the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father 
which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him 
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death 
unto life. #5 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear 


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the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so 
hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 2”? And hath given him authority to execute judgment 
also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that 
are in the graves shall hear his voice, 2? And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the 
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 2° I can of mine 
own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but 
the will of the Father which hath sent me. 31 IfI bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 

32 q There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth 
of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony 
from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and 
ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 

36 q But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to 
finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father 
himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, 
nor seen his shape. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe 
not. 

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify 
of me. 4° And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 411 receive not honour from men. 4? But I 
know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. #3 Iam come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me 
not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive 
honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? 45 Do not think that I will 
accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye 
believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 4” But if ye believe not his writings, 
how shall ye believe my words? 


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1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great 
multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And 
Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the 
Jews, was nigh. 

5 q When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, 
Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? © And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew 
what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, 
that every one of them may take a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith 
unto him, ° There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they 
among so many? 1° And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. 
So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 1! And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had 
given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise 
of the fishes as much as they would. !2 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up 
the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled 
twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them 
that had eaten. 14Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a 
truth that prophet that should come into the world. 

15 q When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a 
king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. 1 And when even was now come, his disciples 
went down unto the sea, !7 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And 
it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that 
blew. 19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on 
the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. 2° But he saith unto them, It is I; be 
not afraid. 2! Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land 
whither they went. 

22 q The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was 
none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not 
with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; 23 (Howbeit there came 
other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given 
thanks:) 24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took 
shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. 25 And when they had found him on the other 
side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 2° Jesus answered them and said, 


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Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the 
loaves, and were filled. 2”? Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth 
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered 
and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 3° They said 
therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou 
work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to 
eat. 32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from 
heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which 
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore 
give us this bread. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never 
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen 
me, and believe not. 3” All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I 
will in no wise cast out. 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him 
that sent me. 39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me 
I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 4° And this is the will of him that 
sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I 
will raise him up at the last day. 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread 
which came down from heaven. 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and 
mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? 43 Jesus therefore answered 
and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 44 No man can come to me, except the Father 
which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 4 It is written in the prophets, 
And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the 
Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath 
seen the Father. 4” Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 Iam 
that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. °° This is the bread 
which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 5! I am the living bread 
which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that 
I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 5? The Jews therefore strove among 
themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life 
in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, 
and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and 1 in him. 5” As the living Father hath sent me, and I live 
by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 58 This is that bread which came down 
from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live 
for ever. 59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. ©° Many therefore of his 
disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? ©! When Jesus knew 
in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? ® What and 
if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? ® It is the spirit that quickeneth; the 
flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 4 But there 
are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, 
and who should betray him. © And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, 
except it were given unto him of my Father. 


66 q From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 6? Then said Jesus 
unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 8 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? 
thou hast the words of eternal life. 6? And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of 
the living God. 7° Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 71 He 
spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. 


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1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought 
to kill him. 2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, 
Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. 4 For there 
isno man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these 
things, shew thyself to the world. >For neither did his brethren believe in him. © Then Jesus said unto 
them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it 
hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. ® Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet 


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unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. 9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode 
still in Galilee. 

10 q But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it 
were in secret. 1! Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? !2 And there was much 
murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but 
he deceiveth the people. 13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. 

14 q Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews 
marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and 
said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of 
the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh 
his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness 
is in him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about 
to kill me? 2° The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? 2! Jesus 
answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 22 Moses therefore gave unto 
you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise 
aman. 23 Ifa man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; 
are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 24 Judge not 
according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, 
Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? 26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. 
Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but 
when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, 
saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me 
is true, whom ye know not. 29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. 3°Then they 
sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 3 And many of 
the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which 
this man hath done? 

32 q The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees 
and the chief priests sent officers to take him. 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with 
you, and then I go unto him that sent me. 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, 
thither ye cannot come. 35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not 
find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? 36 What manner 
of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot 
come? 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, 
let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his 
belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him 
should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

40 q Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 44 Hath not the 
scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David 
was? 43 So there was a division among the people because of him. 44 And some of them would have 
taken him; but no man laid hands on him. 

45 q Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have 
ye not brought him? 4 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 4”? Then answered them 
the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 5° Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to 
Jesus by night, being one of them,) 5! Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what 
he doeth? 52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of 
Galilee ariseth no prophet. 5? And every man went unto his own house. 


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1Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. ? And early in the morning he came again into the temple, 
and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees 
brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, *They say unto 
him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded 
us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? © This they said, tempting him, that they might 
have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he 
heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that 
is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on 


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the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, 
beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the 
midst. !° When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, 
where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 1 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus 
said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 

12q Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me 
shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, 
Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 4Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I 
bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot 
tell whence I come, and whither I go. 5 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 1° And yet if I judge, 
my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 17 It is also written in your 
law, that the testimony of two men is true. 18 Iam one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that 
sent me beareth witness of me. 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye 
neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. 2° These 
words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his 
hour was not yet come. 2! Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall 
die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 2? Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he 
saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: 
ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: 
for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? 
And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 2° I have many 
things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things 
which I have heard of him. 2” They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Then said 
Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I 
do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 2? And he that sent me 
is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. 3° As he 
spake these words, many believed on him. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If 
ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth 
shall make you free. 

33 q They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how 
sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever 
committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son 
abideth ever. 3° If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 37 I know that ye are 
Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I 
have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and 
said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would 
do the works of Abraham. 4° But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I 
have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 4! Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, 
We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. 42Jesus said unto them, If God were your 
Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he 
sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. #4 Ye are of 
your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of 
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 4” He that is of 
God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the 
Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 4° Jesus answered, 
T have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 5° And I seek not mine own glory: 
there is one that seeketh and judgeth. °! Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he 
shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is 
dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art 
thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou 
thyself? 54Jesus answered, If 1 honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth 
me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should 
say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 5° Your father 
Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art 
not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? °8 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Before Abraham was, I am. 5° Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and 


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went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. 
9 


1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, 
saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3Jesus answered, Neither 
hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 1 
must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. © When he had thus spoken, he spat on the 
ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And 
said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way 
therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 

8 q The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not 
this he that sat and begged? 9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 
10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 11 He answered and said, A man that is 
called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: 
and I went and washed, and I received sight. 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know 
not. 

13. q They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the sabbath day 
when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he 
had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath 
day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among 
them. 1’ They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? 
He said, He is a prophet. 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and 
received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 19 And they asked 
them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 2° His parents 
answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 21! But by what 
means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: 
he shall speak for himself. 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the 
Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the 
synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 24Then again called they the man that 
was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He answered 
and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I 
see. 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 2” He answered 
them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be 
his disciples? 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. 
29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. 3° The man 
answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he 
is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 3! Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man 
be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 32 Since the world began was it not heard 
that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 3 If this man were not of God, he could do 
nothing. 34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach 
us? And they cast him out. 35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he 
said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 3¢He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I 
might believe on him? 3” And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh 
with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 

39q And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and 
that they which see might be made blind. 4° And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard 
these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should 
have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. 


1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up 
some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ? But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd 
of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep 
by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, 
and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee 
from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. © This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they 
understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, 


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Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. ® All that ever came before me are thieves 
and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be 
saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 19 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, 
and to destroy: Iam come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 14 
Iam the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, 
and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 
fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. !3 The hireling fleeth, because he is an 
hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known 
of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my 
voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. !” Therefore doth my Father love me, because I 
lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. 
I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of 
my Father. 

19 q There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 2° And many of them 
said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that 
hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 

22 q And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the 
temple in Solomon’s porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost 
thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye 
believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, 
because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and 
they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man 
pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to 
pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 2° I and my Father are one. 3! Then the Jews took up stones again 
to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which 
of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; 
but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, 
Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God 
came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 3° Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent 
into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, 
and believe, that the Father is in me, and 1 in him. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he 
escaped out of their hand, 4° And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first 
baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all 
things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. 


11 

1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose 
brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou 
lovest is sick. 4When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, 
that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he 
was. 7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. 8 His disciples say unto 
him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? 9 Jesus answered, Are 
there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the 
light of this world. !° But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. 
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that 
I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit 
Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said 
Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 5 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the 
intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. !©Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, 
unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. !” Then when Jesus came, he found 
that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen 
furlongs off: 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their 
brother. 2°? Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat 
still in the house. 2! Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not 


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died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. 23 Jesus saith 
unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the 
resurrection at the last day. 25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth 
in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 2° And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never 
die. Believest thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son 
of God, which should come into the world. 28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called 
Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. 29 As soon as she heard that, 
she arose quickly, and came unto him. 3° Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that 
place where Martha met him. 3! The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, 
when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the 
grave to weep there. 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his 
feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33 When Jesus therefore 
saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was 
troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. >5Jesus wept. 
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which 
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore 
again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, 
Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he 
stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 4°Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou 
wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they took away the stone from the place 
where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard 
me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that 
they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 
Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and 
his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. “Then 
many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 4°But 
some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 


47 q Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man 
doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall 
come and take away both our place and nation. 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high 
priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 5° Nor consider that it is expedient for 
us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 5! And this spake 
he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that 
were scattered abroad. 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. 
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the 
wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. 


55 q And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem 
before the passover, to purify themselves. 5©Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, 
as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? 57 Now both the chief 
priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should 
shew it, that they might take him. 


12 


1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, 
whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was 
one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very 
costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with 
the odour of the ointment. 4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should 
betray him, > Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? © This 
he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what 
was put therein. 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8 
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. 9 Much people of the Jews therefore 
knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, 
whom he had raised from the dead. 


10 q But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; 11 Because that by 
reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 


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12q On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming 
to Jerusalem, !3 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed 
is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young 
ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an 
ass’s colt. 16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then 
remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. 
17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from 
the dead, bare record. 18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done 
this miracle. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? 
behold, the world is gone after him. 

20 q And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: 2! The same 
came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see 
Jesus. 22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 

23q And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: 
but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his 
life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I 
am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. 27 Now is my soul 
troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and 
will glorify it again. 2? The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others 
said, An angel spake to him. 3° Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for 
your sakes. 3! Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 32 And 
I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33 This he said, signifying what death he 
should die. 34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and 
how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? 3° Then Jesus said unto 
them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon 
you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 3¢ While ye have light, believe in 
the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide 
himself from them. 

37q But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 That the 
saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? 
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 3° Therefore they could not believe, because 
that Esaias said again, 4° He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see 
with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. 4! These 
things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. 

42 q Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees 
they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: 43 For they loved the praise of 
men more than the praise of God. 

44 q Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 
45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 Iam come a light into the world, that whosoever 
believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I 
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and 
receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge 
him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a 
commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 5° And I know that his commandment is 
life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 


13 

1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart 
out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto 
the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s 
son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he 
was come from God, and went to God; 4He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a 
towel, and girded himself. 5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ 
feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. °Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and 
Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do 
thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash 


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my feet. Jesus answered him, If 1 wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith unto 
him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. !°Jesus saith to him, He that is washed 
needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew 
who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. !2 So after he had washed their feet, 
and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to 
you? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for sol am. 14 If 1 then, your Lord and Master, have 
washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that 
ye should do as I have done to you. !¢ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his 
lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. !’ If ye know these things, happy are ye if 
ye do them. 

18 q I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He 
that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, 
when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 2° Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth 
whomsoever | send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 24 When Jesus 
had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of 
you shall betray me. 22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. 23 Now 
there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore 
beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 25 He then lying on Jesus’ 
breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? 26Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I 
have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And 
after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. 28 Now 
no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. 29 For some of them thought, because 
Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; 
or, that he should give something to the poor. 3° He then having received the sop went immediately 
out: and it was night. 

31q Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified 
in him. 3? If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify 
him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, 
Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye 
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that 
ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 

36 q Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou 
canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot 
I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy 
life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. 


14 

1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are 
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And ifI go and 
prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may 
be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not 
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? ©Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, 
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known 
my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, 
shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. °Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and 
yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou 
then, Shew us the Father? 1° Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words 
that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 1 
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. 12 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater 
works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, 
that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ! If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will 
do it. 

15 q If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 1” Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with 
you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, 
and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 2° At that day ye 


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shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 2! He that hath my commandments, and 
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love 
him, and will manifest myself to him. 22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt 
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love 
me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our 
abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not 
mine, but the Father’s which sent me. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with 
you. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall 
teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come 
again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father 
is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye 
might believe. 3° Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and 
hath nothing in me. 3! But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me 
commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 


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1 Tam the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ? Every branch in me that beareth not fruit 
he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and 1 in you. As 
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in 
me. > Iam the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and 1 in him, the same bringeth forth 
much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. © If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, 
and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. ” If ye abide 
in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein 
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved 
me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 1° If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in 
my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 1! These things have 
I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my 
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. !3 Greater love hath no man than this, 
that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 5 
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called 
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. !° Ye have not 
chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that 
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 
These things I command you, that ye love one another. !8 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated 
me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not 
of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the 
word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they 
will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 2! But all these things 
will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22 If I had not 
come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 2 He that 
hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man 
did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this 
cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a 
cause. 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit 
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, 
because ye have been with me from the beginning. 


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1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of 
the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these 
things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And 
these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. > But now! go my way to him 
that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? © But because I have said these things 
unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I 


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go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto 
you. § And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 1° Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see 
me no more; !! Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to 
say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. !3 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will 
guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he 
speak: and he will shew you things to come. ! He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and 
shall shew it unto you. 5 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take 
of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 1° A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, 
and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, 
What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A 
little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and 
said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: 
and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 2° Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and 
lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into 
joy. 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is 
delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your 
joy no man taketh from you. 73 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing 
in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto 
you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall 
shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and! say not unto you, that I 
will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have 
believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, 
I leave the world, and go to the Father. 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, 
and speakest no proverb. 3° Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any 
man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do 
ye now believe? 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man 
to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These 
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: 
but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 


1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; 
glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that 
he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might 
know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the 
earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me with 
thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. © I have manifested thy 
name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them 
me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given 
me are of thee. ® For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received 
them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send 
me. ° I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are 
thine. 1° And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 1! And now I am no 
more in the world, but these are in the world, and! come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own 
name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. !2 While I was with them in 
the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, 
but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these 
things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 4 I have given them 
thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the 
world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them 
from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy 
truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the 
world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 2° 
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; #! That 


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they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the 
world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; 
that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect 
in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved 
me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may 
behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known 
that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love 
wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. 


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1when Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where 
was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew 
the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band 
of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and 
weapons. ‘Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto 
them, Whom seek ye? 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And 
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. © As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, 
they went backward, and fell to the ground. 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they 
said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these 
go their way: ° That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have 
I lost none. 1°Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut 
off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. !! Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword 
into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 12 Then the band and 
the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, 13 And led him away to Annas first; for 
he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 14 Now Caiaphas was he, 
which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. 

15q And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the 
high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. 16 But Peter stood at the door 
without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto 
her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. !7 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, 
Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not. 18 And the servants and officers stood 
there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with 
them, and warmed himself. 

19q The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. 2°Jesus answered him, | 
spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always 
resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what 
I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the 
officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest 
so? 23Jesus answered him, If 1 have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou 
me? 24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. 25 And Simon Peter stood and 
warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, 
and said, I am not. 26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, 
saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 2’ Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock 
crew. 

28 ¢ Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they 
themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the 
passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 
30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him 
up unto thee. 3! Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The 
Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: 32 That the saying of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. 33 Then Pilate entered into 
the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 34Jesus 
answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? 35 Pilate answered, Am 
IaJew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would 
my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. 
37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. 


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To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the 
truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And 
when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at 
all. 3? But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I 
release unto you the King of the Jews? 4° Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. 
Now Barabbas was a robber. 


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1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, 
and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they 
smote him with their hands. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring 
him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the 
crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! © When the chief 
priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith 
unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. 7 The Jews answered him, We have 
a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 

8 q When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 9 And went again into the 
judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. !°Then saith 
Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and 
have power to release thee? 1! Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except 
it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 12 And 
from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, 
thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar. 

13 q When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment 
seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation 
of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they 
cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? 
The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them 
to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a 
place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, 
and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 

19q And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE 
KING OF THE JEWS. 2° This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified 
was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 2! Then said the chief priests 
of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate 
answered, What I have written I have written. 

23 q Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to 
every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that 
the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture 
they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 

25 q Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of 
Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, 
whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27 Then saith he to the disciple, 
Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 

28 q After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be 
fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 2° Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with 
vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 3° When Jesus therefore had received the 
vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 31 The Jews therefore, 
because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, 
(for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they 
might be taken away. 32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which 
was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake 
not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out 
blood and water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith 
true, that ye might believe. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone 
of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they 
pierced. 


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38 q And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, 
besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, 
and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, 
and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 4°Then took they the body 
of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 4! Now in 
the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was 
never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the 
sepulchre was nigh at hand. 


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1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, 
and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, 
and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of 
the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other 
disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun 
Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes 
lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and 
seeth the linen clothes lie, 7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, 
but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to 
the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise 
again from the dead. !°Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. 

11q But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked 
into the sepulchre, !2 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the 
feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith 
unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 14 And 
when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was 
Jesus. !5Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him 
to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid 
him, and I will take him away. !¢Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, 
Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to 
my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and 
to my God, and your God. !8 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, 
and that he had spoken these things unto her. 

19q Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where 
the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto 
them, Peace be unto you. 2° And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. 
Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 2! Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto 
you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, 
and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto 
them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

24 q But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The 
other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall 
see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand 
into his side, I will not believe. 

26 q And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, 
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, 
Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: 
and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 
29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that 
have not seen, and yet have believed. 

30 q And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in 
this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and 
that believing ye might have life through his name. 


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1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise 
shewed he himself. 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of 
Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, 


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I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship 
immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood 
on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have 
ye any meat? They answered him, No. ® And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the 
ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude 
of fishes. 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon 
Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast 
himself into the sea. 8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, 
but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. 9 As soon then as they were come to 
land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. !°Jesus saith unto them, Bring of 
the fish which ye have now caught. !1 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, 
an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. 12 Jesus 
saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that 
it was the Lord. 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. 14 This is 
now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. 

15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. 16He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the 
third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third 
time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love 
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. !8 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, 
thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt 
stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. !9 This 
spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto 
him, Follow me. 2° Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which 
also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 21 Peter seeing 
him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 2? Jesus saith unto him, If1 will that he tarry till 
I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. 23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, 
that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he 
tarry till I come, what is that to thee? 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote 
these things: and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which 
Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not 
contain the books that should be written. Amen. 


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THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 


1The former treatise have I made, 0 Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until 
the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto 
the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many 
infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom 
of God: 4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from 
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. ° For John truly 
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. ® When they 
therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the 
kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which 
the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come 
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judza, and in Samaria, and 
unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he 
was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 1° And while they looked stedfastly toward 
heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 Which also said, Ye men of 
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, 
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 12Then returned they unto Jerusalem 
from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey. 13 And when they were 
come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, 
Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and 
Judas the brother of James. 14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the 
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. 

15q And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names 
together were about an hundred and twenty,) 6Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been 
fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide 
to them that took Jesus. !” For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. 18 Now 
this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the 
midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch 
as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. 2° For it is 
written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his 
bishoprick let another take. 21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time 
that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same 
day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. 
23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 4 And they 
prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast 
chosen, 25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression 
fell, that he might go to his own place. 26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; 
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 


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1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And 
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house 
where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon 
each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, 
as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of 
every nation under heaven. ® Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and 
were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were 
all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileeans? 
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, 
and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, 
Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works 
of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. 

14q But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, 
and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15 For these are 


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not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 1° But this is that which was 
spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of 
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall 
see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I 
will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And will shew wonders in heaven 
above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 2° The sun shall be turned 
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 2! And it 
shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Ye men of Israel, 
hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and 
signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 23 Him, being delivered by 
the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified 
and slain: 24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible 
that he should be holden of it. 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before 
my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and 
my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul 
in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the 
ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29 Men and brethren, let me freely 
speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us 
unto this day. 3° Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that 
of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31 He seeing 
this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see 
corruption. 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the 
right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath 
shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith 
himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye 
have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

37 q Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest 
of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be 
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the 
gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, 
even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 4° And with many other words did he testify and exhort, 
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 

41 q Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added 
unto them about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and 
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many 
wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things 
common; 4° And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. 
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, 
did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 4” Praising God, and having favour with all 
the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. 


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1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 
2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the 
temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3 Who seeing Peter 
and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with 
John, said, Look on us. > And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. Then 
Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of 
Nazareth rise up and walk. 7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately 
his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with 
them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking 
and praising God: 1° And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: 
and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. !! And as the 
lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch 
that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. 

12q And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? 
or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to 


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walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son 
Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let 
him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; 
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. 1® And 
his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith 
which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brethren, 
I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things, which God before 
had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 

19 q Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of 
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 2° And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before 
was preached unto you: 2! Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, 
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses truly 
said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto 
me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that 
every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all 
the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold 
of these days. 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our 
fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto 
you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you 
from his iniquities. 


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1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, 
came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the 
resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: 
for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of 
the men was about five thousand. 

5 q And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, And Annas the 
high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high 
priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, 
By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto 
them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to 
the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; !°Be it known unto you all, and to all the people 
of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the 
dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. !! This is the stone which was set at 
nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any 
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 

13q Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and 
ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. !4And 
beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But 
when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 
16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them 
is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot 

deny it. 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they 
speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak 
at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it 
be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. 2° For we cannot 

but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 21 So when they had further threatened them, 
they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men 
glorified God for that which was done. 22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle 
of healing was shewed. 

23 q And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and 
elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one 
accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that 
in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the 
people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together 
against the Lord, and against his Christ. 2? For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast 
anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered 


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together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And now, 
Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak 
thy word, 3° By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the 
name of thy holy child Jesus. 

31 q And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and 
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 32 And the 
multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought 
of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great 
power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them 
all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses 
sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35 And laid them down at the apostles’ 
feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. 3¢ And Joses, who by the 
apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of 
the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 


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1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back part 
of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back 
part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it 
not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto 
men, but unto God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great 
fear came on all them that heard these things. 6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried 
him out, and buried him. 7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing 
what was done, came in. 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? 
And she said, Yea, for so much. ? Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to 
tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, 
and shall carry thee out. !°Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and 
the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. 11 And 
great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. 

12 q And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; 
(and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch. 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to 
them: but the people magnified them. !4 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes 
both of men and women.) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them 
on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 
16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and 
them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. 

174 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) 
and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common 
prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and 
said, 2° Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they 
heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, 
and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of 
Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 2? But when the officers came, and found them 
not in the prison, they returned, and told, 23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and 
the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. 
24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, 
they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. 25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, 
the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 26 Then went the 
captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they 
should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and 
the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this 
name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood 
upon us. 

29 q Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged ona tree. 3! Him hath God exalted 
with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of 


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sins. 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given 
to them that obey him. 

33 q When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. 34 Then stood 
there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among 
all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 35 And said unto them, Ye men of 
Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose 
up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined 
themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 
37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after 
him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 38 And now I say unto you, 
Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to 
nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot 

overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 4° And to him they agreed: and when 
they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name 
of Jesus, and let them go. 

41q And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy 
to suffer shame for his name. 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach 
and preach Jesus Christ. 


1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring 
of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 
2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we 
should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven 
men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 

5 q And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and 
of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas 
a proselyte of Antioch: 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid 
their hands on them. 7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in 
Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. 8 And Stephen, full 
of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 

9 q Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and 
Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. !° And they 
were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 1 Then they suborned men, which 
said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. !2 And they stirred 
up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him 
to the council, }3 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous 
words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth 
shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in 
the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. 


1Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; 
The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt 
in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the 
land which I shall shew thee. 4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldzeans, and dwelt in Charran: 
and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he 
would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. © And God 
spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into 
bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. 7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage 
will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. 8 And he gave him 
the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and 
Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold 
Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 1° And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him 
favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and 
all his house. 11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: 
and our fathers found no sustenance. !2 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent 


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out our fathers first. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s 
kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. !4 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and 
all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 5 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our 
fathers, 16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for asum 
of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. !’ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, 
which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, !8 Till another king arose, 
which knew not Joseph. 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, 
so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. 2° In which time Moses was 
born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months: 21 And when he 
was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. 2? And Moses was 
learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 23 And when he was 
full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one 
of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: 
but they understood not. 26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would 
have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 27 But he 
that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and 
was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. 3° And when forty years were expired, 
there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord 
came unto him, 32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off 
thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. 341 have seen, I have seen 
the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to 
deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 35> This Moses whom they refused, saying, 
Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand 
of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed 
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 

37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise 
up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 38 This is he, that was in the church in the 
wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received 
the lively oracles to give unto us: 39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and 
in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 4° Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for 
as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 41 And 
they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their 
own hands. 42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the 
book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space 
of forty years in the wilderness? 43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god 
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 44 Our 
fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that 
he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers that came after 
brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our 
fathers, unto the days of David; 4 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for 
the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him an house. 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples 
made with hands; as saith the prophet, 4? Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house 
will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? 5° Hath not my hand made all these 
things? 

51 q Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your 
fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain 
them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers 
and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 

54 q When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their 
teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of 
God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 5° And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the 
Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped 
their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the 
witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned 


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Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 6 And he kneeled down, and cried 
with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 


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1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the 
church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judzea 
and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great 
lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and 
haling men and women committed them to prison. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went 
every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ 
unto them. © And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing 
and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many 
that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. ® And 
there was great joy in that city. 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the 
same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great 
one: 1°To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power 
of God. 11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 
12But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of 
Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. !3 Then Simon himself believed also: and when 
he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were 
done. 14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word 
of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, 
that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were 
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 1” Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the 
Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was 
given, he offered them money, !9 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he 
may receive the Holy Ghost. 2°But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast 
thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 2! Thou hast neither part nor lot in this 
matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and 
pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 73 For I perceive that thou art in 
the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord 
for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. #5 And they, when they had 
testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many 
villages of the Samaritans. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward 
the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 2” And he arose 
and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the 
Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was 
returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go 
near, and join thyself to this chariot. 3° And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet 
Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man 
should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32 The place of the 
scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before 
his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who 
shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, 
and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? °5 Then 
Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 3° And as they 
went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth 
hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And 
he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot 
to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized 
him. 39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that 
the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. 4° But Philip was found at Azotus: and 
passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea. 


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1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto 
the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of 
this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he 


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journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for 
thee to kick against the pricks. © And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me 
to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must 
do. 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 
8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by 
the hand, and brought him into Damascus. ° And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat 
nor drink. 


10q And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord ina 
vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go 
into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: 
for, behold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his 
hand on him, that he might receive his sight. 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many 
of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he hath authority 
from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: 
for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of 
Israel: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake. !7 And Ananias went 
his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even 
Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive 
thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. !8 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been 
scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. 19 And when he had received 
meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. 
20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 7! But all that heard 
him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, 
and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? 22 But Saul 
increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this 
is very Christ. 


23 q And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: #4 But their laying 
await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the disciples 
took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. 2° And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, 
he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he 
was a disciple. 2” But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them 
how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly 
at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. 
29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went 
about to slay him. 3° Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him 
forth to Tarsus. 3! Then had the churches rest throughout all Judzea and Galilee and Samaria, and were 
edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 


32 q And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints 
which dwelt at Lydda. 33 And there he found a certain man named Aneas, which had kept his bed eight 
years, and was sick of the palsy. 34 And Peter said unto him, neas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: 
arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, 
and turned to the Lord. 


36 ¢ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called 
Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those 
days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. 
38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they 
sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. 3° Then Peter arose and 
went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows 
stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with 
them. 4°But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, 
Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his 
hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. 4? And it 
was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried 
many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. 


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1 There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian 
band, 2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, 
and prayed to God alway. 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God 
coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and 
said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial 
before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: ®He lodgeth 
with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to 
do. 7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household 
servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; § And when he had declared all 
these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. 


9q On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon 
the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 1° And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but 
while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending 
unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein 
were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the 
air. 3 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have 
never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 45 And the voice spake unto him again the second 
time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. !° This was done thrice: and the vessel was 
received up again into heaven. 17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had 
seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s 
house, and stood before the gate, 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, 
were lodged there. 


19q While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 2° Arise 
therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 2! Then Peter 
went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye 
seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? 2? And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, 
and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God 
by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 23 Then called he them in, 
and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa 
accompanied him. 24 And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, 
and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met 
him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 2° But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself 
also am a man. 27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. 
28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep 
company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any 
man common or unclean. 29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I 
ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 3° And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting 
until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in 
bright clothing, 3! And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance 
in the sight of God. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is 
lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 
33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are 
we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 


34 q Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 3¢ The 
word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 
37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judza, and began from Galilee, after 
the baptism which John preached; 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 

with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were 
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in 
the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 4° Him God raised up the 
third day, and shewed him openly; 4! Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, 
even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to 
preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick 
and dead. 2 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him 
shall receive remission of sins. 


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44 q While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. #5 And 
they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on 
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 4°For they heard them speak with tongues, 
and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 4” Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, 
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the 
name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. 


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1And the apostles and brethren that were in Judza heard that the Gentiles had also received the word 
of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with 
him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed 
the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, °I was in the city of Joppa 
praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down 
from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: © Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, 
I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls 
of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. ® But I said, Not so, Lord: for 
nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. 9 But the voice answered me 
again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 1° And this was done three 
times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. 1! And, behold, immediately there were three men 
already come unto the house where I was, sent from Czsarea unto me. 12 And the Spirit bade me go 
with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the 
man’s house: 13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto 
him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; !4 Who shall tell thee words, 
whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, 
as on us at the beginning. !© Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed 
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 1” Forasmuch then as God gave them 
the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand 
God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God 
also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 

19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled 
as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And 
some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto 
the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number 
believed, and turned unto the Lord. 

22 q Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they 
sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace 
of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 
24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the 
Lord. 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 26 And when he had found him, he brought 
him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, 
and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. 

27 q And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 78 And there stood up one of 
them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the 
world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar. 29 Then the disciples, every man according to 
his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judza: 3° Which also they did, 
and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. 


12 

1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he 
killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded 
further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 4 And when he had apprehended 
him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending 
after Easter to bring him forth to the people. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made 
without ceasing of the church unto God for him. ¢ And when Herod would have brought him forth, the 
same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before 
the door kept the prison. 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the 
prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell 
off from his hands. 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. 


Acts 12:9 816 Acts 13:22 


And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. ? And he went out, and followed 
him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. 1° When 
they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; 
which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and 
forthwith the angel departed from him. 1! And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know 
of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from 
all the expectation of the people of the Jews. 12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the 
house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together 
praying. !3 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. 
14 And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how 
Peter stood before the gate. !5 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that 
it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had 
opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. !” But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to 
hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, 
Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. 
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. 
19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded 
that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judza to Cesarea, and there abode. 

20 q And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord 
to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their 
country was nourished by the king’s country. 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat 
upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 2? And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice 
of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not 
God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 

24 q But the word of God grew and multiplied. 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, 
when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. 


13 

1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, 
and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up 
with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, 
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted 
and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 

4q So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed 
to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the 
Jews: and they had also John to their minister. ® And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, 
they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 Which was with the 
deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to 
hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, 
seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. ° Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the 
Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 1° And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, 
thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11 And now, 
behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And 
immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by 
the hand. 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine 
of the Lord. 13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: 
and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. 

14q But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the 
synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 1° And after the reading of the law and the prophets the 
rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation 
for the people, say on. !© Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye 
that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the 
people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out 
of it. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when 
he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 2° And 
after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the 
prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man 
of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up 


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unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the 
son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God 
according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 When John had first preached before his 
coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, 
Whom think ye that Iam? Iam not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I 
am not worthy to loose. 26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among 
you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their 
rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath 
day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, 
yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of 
him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 3° But God raised him from the 
dead: 31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who 
are his witnesses unto the people. 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which 
was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised 
up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten 
thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, 
he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another 
psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 3° For David, after he had served his own 
generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 But 
he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. 

38 q Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you 
the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could 
not be justified by the law of Moses. 4° Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken 
of in the prophets; 4! Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a 
work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. 42 And when the Jews were 
gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the 
next sabbath. 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes 
followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 

44q And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45 But 
when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which 
were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 4° Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, 
It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from 
you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 4” For so hath the 
Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for 
salvation unto the ends of the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified 
the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord 
was published throughout all the region. 5° But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, 
and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out 
of their coasts. 5! But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And 
the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. 


14 

1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and 
so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving 
Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. 3 Long time 
therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, 
and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: 
and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5 And when there was an assault made both of 
the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, © They 
were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round 
about: 7 And there they preached the gospel. 

8q And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s 
womb, who never had walked: ° The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and 
perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 1° Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And 
he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, 
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12 And they 
called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. 13 Then the priest of 
Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done 


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sacrifice with the people. 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their 
clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also 
are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto 
the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: !©Who in 
times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless he left not himself without 
witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with 
food and gladness. 18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done 
sacrifice unto them. 

19q And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, 
having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. 2° Howbeit, as the disciples 
stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas 
to Derbe. 2! And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned 
again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting 
them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom 
of God. 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, 
they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. 24 And after they had passed throughout 
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down 
into Attalia: 26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
of God for the work which they fulfilled. 2”? And when they were come, and had gathered the church 
together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith 
unto the Gentiles. 28 And there they abode long time with the disciples. 


15 

1 And certain men which came down from Judza taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be 
circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had 
no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain 
other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 3 And 
being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the 
conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. 4 And when they were 
come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared 
all things that God had done with them. 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which 
believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of 
Moses. 

6 q And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had 
been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good 
while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the 
gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy 
Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by 
faith. 1° Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither 
our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 
we shall be saved, even as they. 

12q Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what 
miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 

13 q And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto 
me: !4 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for 
his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, !¢ After this I will return, and 
will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, 
and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon 
whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. !8 Known unto God are all his 
works from the beginning of the world. 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which 
from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 2° But that we write unto them, that they abstain from 
pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses of 
old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. 
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own 
company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men 
among the brethren: 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and 
brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, 


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subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such 
commandment: 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto 
you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 2” We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by 
mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than 
these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things 
strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. 3°So 
when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, 
they delivered the epistle: 3! Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. 32 And Judas 
and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed 
them. 33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the 
apostles. 34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued 
in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. 

36q And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city 
where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. 3” And Barnabas determined to take 
with them John, whose surname was Mark. 38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who 
departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 39 And the contention was 
so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, 
and sailed unto Cyprus; 4° And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren 
unto the grace of God. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. 


16 

1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, 
the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2? Which was 
well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth 
with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they 
knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the 
decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. 5 And so 
were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. * Now when they had gone 
throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the 
word in Asia, ” After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered 
them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the 
night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help 
us. 10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly 
gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. ! Therefore loosing from 
Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 12 And from thence 
to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city 
abiding certain days. !3 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was 
wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 

14q And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped 
God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of 
Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me 
to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. 

16q And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination 
met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, 
and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way 
of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I 
command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. 

19q And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and 
drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 2° And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These 
men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 2! And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to 
receive, neither to observe, being Romans. 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and 
the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. 23 And when they had laid many 
stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 24 Who, having 
received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 

25q And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and 
immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 2” And the keeper of the 


Acts 16:28 820 Acts 17:26 


prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would 
have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, 
saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 2° Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came 
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 3° And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I 
do to be saved? 3! And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And 
he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, 
straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, 
believing in God with all his house. 35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, 
Let those men go. 3¢ And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent 
to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. 3? But Paul said unto them, They have beaten 
us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out 
privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 38 And the serjeants told these 
words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 39 And they 
came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. 4° And they 
went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they 
comforted them, and departed. 


17 

1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where 
was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath 
days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, ? Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have 
suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And 
some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, 
and of the chief women not a few. 

5 { But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the 
baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, 
and sought to bring them out to the people. © And when they found them not, they drew Jason and 
certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are 
come hither also; 7 WhomJason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying 
that there is another king, one Jesus. § And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when 
they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them 
go. 
10q And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither 
went into the synagogue of the Jews. 1! These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that 
they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those 
things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, 
and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was 
preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And then immediately 
the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 
15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas 
and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. 

16 q Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city 
wholly given to idolatry. 1’ Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout 
persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the 
Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other 
some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the 
resurrection. !9 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this 
new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 2° For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we 
would know therefore what these things mean. 2! (For all the Athenians and strangers which were 
there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 

22 q Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all 
things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with 
this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto 
you. 24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, 
dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he 
needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one 
blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before 


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appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 2” That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might 
feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 8 For in him we live, and 
move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto 
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. 3° And the times of this ignorance God winked 
at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the 
which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath 
given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

32. q And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will 
hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them. 34Howbeit certain men clave unto 
him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and 
others with them. 


18 

1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; ? And found a certain Jew 
named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius 
had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the 
same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he 
reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas 
and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews 
that Jesus was Christ. © And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, 
and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto 
the Gentiles. 

7q And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that 
worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the 
synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and 
were baptized. ? Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and 
hold not thy peace: 1° For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much 
people in this city. 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among 
them. 

12q And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against 
Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God 
contrary to the law. !4 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it 
were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But 
if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 
16 And he drave them from the judgment seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of 
the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. 

18 q And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and 
sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he 
had a vow. !° And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, 
and reasoned with the Jews. 2° When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented 
not; 2! But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: 
but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. 22 And when he had landed at 
Ceesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. #3 And after he had spent some 
time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening 
all the disciples. 

24q And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the 
scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent 
in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they 
took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 2”? And when he was 
disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when 
he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced the 
Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. 


19 
1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper 
coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy 
Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be 


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any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto 
John’s baptism. 4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the 
people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When 
they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. © And when Paul had laid his hands 
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 7 And all the 
men were about twelve. 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three 
months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were 
hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, 
and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. !° And this continued by 
the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both 
Jews and Greeks. '! And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So that from his body 
were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the 
evil spirits went out of them. 

13 q Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil 
spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there 
were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered 
and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was 
leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house 
naked and wounded. 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and 
fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many that believed came, 
and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their 
books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty 
thousand pieces of silver. 2°So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. 


21q After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through 
Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 2? So 
he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself 
stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24Fora certain 
man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto 
the craftsmen; 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know 
that by this craft we have our wealth. 2©Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost 
throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no 
gods, which are made with hands: 2’ So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but 
also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be 
destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were 
full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 2? And the whole city was filled 
with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in 
travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 3° And when Paul would have entered in unto the 
people, the disciples suffered him not. 31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent 
unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried 
one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore 
they were come together. 33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him 
forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. 
34But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, 
Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of 
Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the 
great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 3¢ Seeing then that these things 
cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 37 For ye have brought hither 
these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 38 Wherefore 
if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, 
and there are deputies: let them implead one another. 39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other 
matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. 4° For we are in danger to be called in question 
for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse. 4! And 
when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. 


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1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and 
departed for to go into Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them 
much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait 


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for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 4 And there 
accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and 
Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These going before tarried for 
us at Troas. © And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto 
them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. 7 And upon the first day of the week, when 
the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; 
and continued his speech until midnight. 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where 
they were gathered together. ? And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being 
fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from 
the third loft, and was taken up dead. !° And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, 
Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. 11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken 
bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. 12 And they brought 
the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. 

13 q And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had 
he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and 
came to Mitylene. 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day 
we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. ! For Paul had 
determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were 
possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 

17q And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. !8 And when they were 
come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I 
have been with you at all seasons, !9 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, 
and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 2° And how I kept back nothing that 
was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 24 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things 
that shall befall me there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and 
afflictions abide me. 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, 
so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to 
testify the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone 
preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. *° Wherefore I take you to record this day, 
that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel 
of God. 

28 q Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath 
made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For 
I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one 
night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, 
which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 331 
have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have 
ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 351 have shewed you all things, how 
that so labouring 

ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more 
blessed to give than to receive. 

36 q And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept 
sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, 
that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. 


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1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a 
straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 2 And 
finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. 3 Now when we had discovered 
Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to 
unlade her burden. 4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through 
the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we 
departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were 
out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. ® And when we had taken our leave one 


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of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. 7 And when we had finished our course from 
Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. ® And the next 
day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cesarea: and we entered into the house 
of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. ? And the same man had four 
daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. 1° And as we tarried there many days, there came down from 
Judzea a certain prophet, named Agabus. ! And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and 
bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind 
the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 12 And when we 
heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then 
Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, 
but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 And when he would not be persuaded, 
we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. 

15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. 1°There went with us 
also certain of the disciples of Czesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, 
with whom we should lodge. 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 
18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And when 
he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his 
ministry. 2° And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, 
how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 2! And they 
are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, 
saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. 22 What is 
it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do 
therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; 24 Them take, and 
purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may 
know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou 
thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. 25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have 
written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things 
offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. 2 Then Paul took the men, 
and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment 
of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. 

27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in 
the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is 
the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further 
brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. 29 (For they had seen before 
with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the 
temple.) 3° And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him 
out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. 3! And as they went about to kill him, tidings 
came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 Who immediately 
took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the 
soldiers, they left beating of Paul. 33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded 
him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. 34 And some cried 
one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the 
tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. 35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it 
was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 3¢For the multitude of the people 
followed after, crying, Away with him. 37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief 
captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? 38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which 
before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were 
murderers? 39 But Paul said, 1 am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean 
city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. 4° And when he had given him licence, 
Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a 
great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 


22 
1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which Imake now unto you. 2 (And when they heard 
that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 31 am verily a 
man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, 
and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as 
ye all are this day. 4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both 


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men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from 
whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there 
bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. © And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was 
come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about 
me. 7 And 1 fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou 
me? 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou 
persecutest. 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not 
the voice of him that spake to me. !° And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, 
Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee 
to do. 1! And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were 
with me, I came into Damascus. 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good 
report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, 
receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. 1 And he said, The God of our fathers 
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the 
voice of his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name 
of the Lord. 17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in 
the temple, I was in a trance; !8 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of 
Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. !9 And I said, Lord, they know that 
I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: 2° And when the blood of thy 
martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment 
of them that slew him. 2! And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with 
such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and cast off 
their clothes, and threw dust into the air, 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the 
castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried 
so against him. 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is 
it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? 26 When the centurion heard 
that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. 
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. 28 And the 
chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. 
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain 
also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. 3°On the morrow, 
because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from 
his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, 
and set him before them. 


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1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good 
conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by 
him to smite him on the mouth. 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for 
sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? 4 And 
they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that 
he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. © But 
when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the 
council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of 
the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the 
Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is 
no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. ° And there arose a great 
cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this 
man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. 1° And when there 
arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, 
commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him 
into the castle. 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: 
for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. 12 And when it 
was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they 
would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made 
this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves 
under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. !5 Now therefore ye with the 


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council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would 
enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill 
him. 16 And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, 
and told Paul. !” Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto 
the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. 18 So he took him, and brought him to the 
chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man 
unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and 
went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? 2° And he said, The Jews 
have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though 
they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie 
in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they 
will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from 
thee. 22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that 
thou hast shewed these things to me. 23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready 
two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, 
at the third hour of the night; 24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe 
unto Felix the governor. 2° And he wrote a letter after this manner: 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most 
excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. 27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been 
killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. 
28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their 
council: 2? Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his 
charge worthy of death or of bonds. 3° And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the 
man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what 
they had against him. Farewell. 3! Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought 
him by night to Antipatris. 32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to 
the castle: 33 Who, when they came to Czsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented 
Paul also before him. 34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. 
And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 351 will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also 
come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall. 


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1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator 
named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. 2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus 
began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds 
are done unto this nation by thy providence, 3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, 
with all thankfulness. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that 
thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, 
and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the 
Nazarenes: © Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged 
according to our law. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him 
away out of our hands, 8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself 
mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. ° And the Jews also assented, saying 
that these things were so. 1°Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, 
answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the 
more cheerfully answer for myself: 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but 
twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 12 And they neither found me in the temple 
disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: 
13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. !4But this I confess unto thee, that 
after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which 
are written in the law and in the prophets: 5 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also 
allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. 1° And herein do I 
exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. !7 Now after 
many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. 18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia 
found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. !9 Who ought to have been 
here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. 7° Or else let these same here say, if they 
have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, 2! Except it be for this one voice, that 
I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this 
day. 


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22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, 
and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. 
23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid 
none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. 

24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, 
and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and 
judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient 
season, I will call for thee. 26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he 
might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. 27 But after two 
years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul 
bound. 


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1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to 
Jerusalem. 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought 
him, 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the 
way to kill him. 4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would 
depart shortly thither. 5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and 
accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. © And when he had tarried among them more 
than ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded 
Paul to be brought. 7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round 
about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. § While he 
answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against 
Ceesar, have I offended any thing at all. 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, 
and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? 1° Then said 
Paul, I stand at Czsar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, 
as thou very well knowest. !! For if 1 be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I 
refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me 
unto them. I appeal unto Cesar. 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, 
Hast thou appealed unto Cesar? unto Cesar shalt thou go. 

13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Czsarea to salute Festus. 14 And 
when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is 
a certain man left in bonds by Felix: 15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and 
the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. 1©To whom I answered, It 
is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the 
accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. 
17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment 
seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth. 18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they 
brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: !9 But had certain questions against him of their 
own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 2° And because 
I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be 
judged of these matters. 21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, 
I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar. Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would 
also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. 

23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into 
the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment 
Paul was brought forth. 24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye 
see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also 
here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. 25 But when I found that he had committed nothing 
worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. 26 Of 
whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, 
and specially before thee, 0 king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. 
27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against 
him. 


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1Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the 
hand, and answered for himself: 21 think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself 
this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 3 Especially because I know 


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thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to 
hear me patiently. 4My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation 
at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after 
the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. ® And now I stand and am judged for the hope 
of the promise made of God unto our fathers: 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving 
God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. 8 Why 
should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? 91 verily thought with 
myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 1° Which thing I also 
did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the 
chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 11 And I punished them 
oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, 
I persecuted them even unto strange cities. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and 
commission from the chief priests, !3 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above 
the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. ! And when 
we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, 
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art 
thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I 
have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things 
which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from 
the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, !8 To open their eyes, and to turn them 
from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of 
sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king 
Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 2° But shewed first unto them of Damascus, 
and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should 
repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. 21 For these causes the Jews caught me in 
the temple, and went about to kill me. 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this 
day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and 
Moses did say should come: 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise 
from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. 

24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much 
learning doth make thee mad. 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the 
words of truth and soberness. 2° For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: 
for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a 
corner. 2” King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said 
unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 2? And Paul said, I would to God, that not only 
thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these 
bonds. 3° And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that 
sat with them: 31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man 
doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have 
been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cesar. 


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1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain 
other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band. 2 And entering into a ship of 
Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of 
Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated 
Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 4 And when we had launched from 
thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. ° And when we had sailed over the 
sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. And there the centurion found a ship of 
Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and 
scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against 
Salmone; 8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto 
was the city of Lasea. 

9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now 
already past, Paul admonished them, 1° And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be 
with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. 1 Nevertheless the 
centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken 
by Paul. !2 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart 


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thence also, ifby any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, 
and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing 
that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after 
there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and 
could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. © And running under a certain island which is called 
Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, 
undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were 
driven. 18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And 
the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. 2° And when neither sun nor 
stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was 
then taken away. *! But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye 
should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and 
loss. 22 And now] exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, 
but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them 
that sail with thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it 
was told me. 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth night was 
come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew 
near to some country; 28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little 
further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 2? Then fearing lest we should have fallen 
upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. 3° And as the shipmen were 
about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they 
would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except 
these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let 
her fall off. 33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day 
is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. 34 Wherefore 
I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head 
of any of you. 35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of 
them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they 
also took some meat. 37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 38 And 
when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. 39 And 
when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the 
which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. 4° And when they had taken up 
the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the 
mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they 
ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was 
broken with the violence of the waves. 4? And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any 
of them should swim out, and escape. 43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their 
purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get 
to land: 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, 
that they escaped all safe to land. 


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1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous 
people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the 
present rain, and because of the cold. 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on 
the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the barbarians saw 
the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, 
whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. > And he shook off the 
beast into the fire, and felt no harm. ® Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen 
down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they 
changed their minds, and said that he was a god. 

7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who 
received us, and lodged us three days courteously. 8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay 
sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, 
and healed him. 9So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were 
healed: 1° Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such 
things as were necessary. 


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1 And after three months we departed ina ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose 
sign was Castor and Pollux. 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. 3 And from thence 
we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the 
next day to Puteoli: 14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and 
so we went toward Rome. 15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as 
far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. 
16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but 
Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. 

17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they 
were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against 
the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of 
the Romans. 18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause 
of death in me. !° But when the Jews spake against it, | was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that 
I had ought to accuse my nation of. 2° For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and 
to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. 21 And they said 
unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that 
came shewed or spake any harm of thee. 2? But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as 
concerning 

this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. 23 And when they had appointed him a day, 
there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, 
persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning 
till evening. 24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. 25 And when 
they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake 
the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing 
ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 27 For the heart of 
this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they 
should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be 
converted, and I should heal them. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent 
unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 2? And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, 
and had great reasoning among themselves. 

30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 
31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with 
all confidence, no man forbidding him. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS 


1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which 
he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God 
with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have 
received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: © Among 
whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: 
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the 
whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without 
ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; !° Making request, if by any means now at length 
I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 1! For I long to see you, that 
I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; !2 That is, that I may be 
comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 13 Now I would not have you 
ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might 
have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 141 am debtor both to the Greeks, and 
to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. 15 So, as much as in me is, Iam ready to preach 
the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 1°For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the 
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For 
therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by 
faith. 

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, 
who hold the truth in unrighteousness; !9 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; 
for God hath shewed it unto them. ?° For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are 
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so 
that they are without excuse: 21! Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, 
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible 
God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping 
things. 

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to 
dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and 
worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For 
this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use 
into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, 
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving 
in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to 
retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which 
are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, 
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 3° Backbiters, haters of God, 
despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, 
covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of 
God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure 
in them that do them. 


2 

1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest 
another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that 
the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou 
this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the 
judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; 
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and 
impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the 
righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who 
by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: § But 
unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and 


Romans 2:9 832 Romans 3:30 


wrath, ? Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of 
the Gentile; !°But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also 
to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without 
law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For 
when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having 
not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, 
their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing 
one another;) 1¢In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my 
gospel. 

17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest 
his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And 
art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 2° An 
instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in 
the law. 2! Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a 
man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou 
commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that makest thy boast 
of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed 
among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep 
the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 2° Therefore 
if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for 
circumcision? 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who 
by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; 
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; 
ang crcumelion is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but 
of Goa. 


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1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: 
chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? 
shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every 
mana liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when 
thou art judged. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is 
God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) © God forbid: for then how shall God judge 
the world? 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I 
also judged as a sinner? 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we 
say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 

9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and 
Gentiles, that they are all under sin; !° As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: !! There 
is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, 
they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat 
is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 
M4 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 1° Destruction 
and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God 
before their eyes. 

19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that 
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 2° Therefore by the 
deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 

21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and 
the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all 
them that believe: for there is no difference: 2° For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath 
set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission 
of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 2° To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: 
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 2” Where is boasting then? It is 
excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man 
is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the 
Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 3° Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, 


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and uncircumcision through faith. 3! Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we 
establish the law. 


4 

1 what shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if 
Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3 For what saith the 
scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that 
worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth 
on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ®Even as David also describeth 
the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed 
are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom 
the Lord will not impute sin. 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the 
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 1° How was 
it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in 
uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith 
which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though 
they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of 
circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith 
of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise, that he should be the 
heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness 
of faith. 1 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none 
effect: 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. !¢ Therefore 
it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that 
only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, 
who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18 Who against 
hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was 
spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, 
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 2° He staggered not 
at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully 
ail aa that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 2? And therefore it was imputed to 
im for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 But 
for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the 

dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. 


5 

1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: ? By 
whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory 
of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love 
of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. © For when we were yet 
without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one 
die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. § But God commendeth his love 
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified 
by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. !° For if, when we were enemies, we were 
reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 
4 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received 
the atonement. 

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon 
all men, for that all have sinned: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed 
when there is no law. 14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not 
sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. }5 But 
not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more 
the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but 
the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 1” For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; 
much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by 
one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; 
even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as 


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by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made 
righteous. 2° Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace 
did much more abound: 2! That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might 

grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 


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1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2God forbid. How shall 
we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized 
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into 
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should 
walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall 
be also in the likeness of his resurrection: © Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that 
the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is 
freed from sin. ® Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing 
that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 1° For 
in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. !! Likewise reckon ye 
also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let 
not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield 
ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those 
that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin 
shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall 
we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom 
ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, 
or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye 
have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. !8 Being then made free 
from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. !9I speak after the manner of men because of the 
infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity 
unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 2° For when 
ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 2! What fruit had ye then in those things 
whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from 
sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For 
the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 


7 


1Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion 
over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her 
husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So 
then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but 
if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married 
to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; 
that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring 
forth fruit unto God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did 
work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. ® But now we are delivered from the law, that 
being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of 
the letter. 

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for 
I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the 
commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I 
was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 1° And the 
commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the 
commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment 
holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that 
it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might 
become exceeding sinful. !4 For we know that the law is spiritual: but Iam carnal, sold under sin. 15 For 
that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do 
that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but 
sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to 
will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. !9 For the good that I would 


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Ido not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 2° Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that 
do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 211 find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with 
me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, 
warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my 
members. 240 wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 251 thank 
God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the 
flesh the law of sin. 


8 


1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the 
flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from 
the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God 
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the 
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the 
things of the Spirit. © For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed 
can be. 8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the 
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is 
none of his. 1° And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of 
righteousness. ! But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised 
up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 


12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after 
the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For 
as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit 
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, 
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be 
also glorified together. 


18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the 
glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the 
manifestation of the sons of God. 2° For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by 
reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered 
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the 
whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves 
also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the 
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not 
hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do 
we with patience wait for it. 2° Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what 
we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which 
cannot be uttered. 2” And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because 
he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that al things work 
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 9 For 
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might 
be the firstborn among many brethren. 3° Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: 
and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall 
we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, 
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall 
lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. 34Who is he that condemneth? It is 
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh 
intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or 
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 3¢As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all 
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than 
conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, 
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor 
any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 


Romans 9:1 836 Romans 10:15 


9 

1] say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were 
accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to 
whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the 
service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ 
came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 

6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of 
Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed 
be called. § That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the 
children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will 1 
come, and Sara shall have a son. !° And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even 
by our father Isaac; 4 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that 
the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) 12 It was 
said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I 
hated. 

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to 
Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have 
compassion. !So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth 
mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, 
that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt 
say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 2° Nay but, O man, 
who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast 
thou made me thus? 2! Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel 
unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his 
power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that 
he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared 
unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As he 
saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was 
not beloved. 2¢ And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my 
people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, 
Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For 
he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make 
upon the earth. 29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had 
been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. 3° What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, 
which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which 
is of faith. 3! But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of 
righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. 
For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and 
rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 


10 

1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear 
them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant 
of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted 
themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every 
one that believeth. 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which 
doeth those things shall live by them. © But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, 
Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, 
Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) § But what saith it? 
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath 
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 1° For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; 
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 1! For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth 
on him shall not be ashamed. !2For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same 
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. !3 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord 
shall be saved. 14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they 
believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And 


Romans 10:16 837 Romans 11:36 


how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that 
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 1° But they have not all obeyed the 
gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and 
hearing by the word of God. !8 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the 
earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. 19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, 
I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. 2°But 
Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them 
that asked not after me. 21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a 
disobedient and gainsaying people. 


11 


1] say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of 
Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye 
not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, 
they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 
4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have 
not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant 
according to the election of grace. © And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no 
more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. 


7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, 
and the rest were blinded 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes 
that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their 
table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 1° Let their eyes 
be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11] say then, Have they stumbled 
that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for 
to provoke them to jealousy. !2 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing 
of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 


13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 
M4 Tf by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but 
life from the dead? 1° For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the 
branches. !7 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed 
in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 18 Boast not against 
the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The 
branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 2° Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, 
and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, 
take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them 
which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also 
shalt be cut off. 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able 
to graff them in again. *4 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert 
graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural 
branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? 


25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your 
own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall 
turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they 
are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 3° For as 
ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 3! Even 
so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God 
hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 


33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his 
judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath 
been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. 


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12 


1] beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this 
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and 
acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 

3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself 
more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man 
the measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same 
office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then 
gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to 
the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 
8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with 
diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 1° Be kindly 
affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; ! Not slothful in 
business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing 
instant in prayer; 1° Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which 
persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that 
weep. 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low 
estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest 
in the sight of all men. 18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly 
beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; 
I will repay, saith the Lord. 2° Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: 
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil 
with good. 


13 

1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that 
be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and 
they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but 
to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise 
of the same: ‘For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; 
for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon 
him that doeth evil. > Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience 
sake. © For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon 
this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom 
custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: 
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt 
not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any 
other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour 
as thyself. !°Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. !! And that, 
knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of 
darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and 
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. !4 But put ye on the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 


14 

1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. ? For one believeth that 
he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that 
eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who 
art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be 
holden up: for God is able to make him stand. > One man esteemeth one day above another: another 
esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. © He that regardeth the 
day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. 
He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he 
eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For 
whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live 


Romans 14:9 839 Romans 15:31 


therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he 
might be Lord both of the dead and living. !°But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set 
at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I 
live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. !2So then every 
one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but 
judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. I know, 
and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth 
any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. !5 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest 
thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 16 Let not then your good 
be evil spoken of: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and 
joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved 
of men. !9 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one 
may edify another. 2° For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil 
for that man who eateth with offence. 2! It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing 
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 2? Hast thou faith? have it to thyself 
before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he that 
doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 


15 


1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let 
every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; 
but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 4 For whatsoever things 
were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the 
scriptures might have hope. 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded 
one toward another according to Christ Jesus: © That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify 
God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. §Now I say that 
Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto 
the fathers: ° And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I 
will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 1° And again he saith, Rejoice, ye 
Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. 
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; 
in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that 
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 14 And I myself also am persuaded of 
you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one 
another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting 

you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of 
Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might 
be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 171 have therefore whereof I may glory through 
Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things 
which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, 19 Through 
mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about 
unto IIlyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 2° Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, 
not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation: 21 But as it is written, 
To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. 2? For 
which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. 23 But now having no more place 
in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; 24 Whensoever I take 
my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought 
on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. 25 But now I go unto 
Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 2° For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make 
a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. 27 It hath pleased them verily; and 
their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their 
duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28 When therefore I have performed this, and have 
sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I 
shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. 

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that 
ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; 3! That I may be delivered from them that do 
not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 


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32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. 33 Now the 
God of peace be with you all. Amen. 


1] commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That 
ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath 
need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my 
helpers in Christ Jesus: 4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give 
thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. > Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute 
my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. © Greet Mary, who bestowed 
much labour on us. 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of 
note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. § Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 
9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 1° Salute Apelles approved in Christ. 
Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household. 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be 
of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour 
in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. 13 Salute Rufus chosen in 
the Lord, and his mother and mine. 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the 
brethren which are with them. 1 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and 
all the saints which are with them. 16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ 
salute you. 

17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the 
doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 
19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would 
have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 2° And the God of peace shall bruise 
Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 

21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. 221 
Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, 
saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 24 The grace of 
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 

25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus 
Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 2° But 
now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the 
everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 2” To God only wise, be glory 
through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. 


Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea. 


1 Corinthians 1:1 841 1 Corinthians 2:14 


THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 


1paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto 
the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, 
with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace 
be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

41 thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5That 
in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; © Even as the testimony 
of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same 
thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same 
mind and in the same judgment. 1 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them 
which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. !2 Now this I say, that every one 
of you saith, I am of Paul; and] of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. !31Is Christ divided? was Paul 
crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 141 thank God that I baptized none of you, 
but Crispus and Gaius; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. !6 And I baptized 
also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. ” For Christ sent 
me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should 
be made of none effect. 

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is 
the power of God. !9 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing 
the understanding of the prudent. 2° Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer 
of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 2! For after that in the wisdom 
of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save 
them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach 
Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them 
which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because 
the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see 
your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, 
are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath 
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of 
the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to 
nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 3° But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, 
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 3! That, 
according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 


Z 

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring 
unto you the testimony of God. 2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, 
and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my 
speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit and of power: > That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the 
princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the 
hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of 
this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is 
written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. !° But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the 
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1! For what man knoweth the things of a man, 
save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of 
God. !2Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might 
know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words 
which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with 
spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness 


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unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual 
judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, 
that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 


3 


1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes 
in Christ. 21 have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither 
yet now are ye able. 

3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not 
carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not 
carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord 
gave to every man? ©I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither 
is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he 
that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according 
to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s 
building. !° According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid 
the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 
1 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. !2 Now if any man build 
upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man’s work shall be 
made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try 
every man’s work of what sort it is. 4 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall 
receive a reward. !5If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; 
yet so as by fire. 1° Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in 
you? 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which 
temple ye are. 

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him 
become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is 
written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 2° And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of 
the wise, that they are vain. 2! Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether 
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are 
yours; 23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s. 


4 

1Let a man so account 

of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in 
stewards, that a man be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of 
you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not 
hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until 
the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the 
counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. © And these things, brethren, I 
have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to 
think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. ’ For 
who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou 
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, 
ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with 
you. 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are 
made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 1° We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye 
are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11 Even unto 
this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain 
dwellingplace; 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, 
we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring 
of all things unto this day. 141 write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ 
Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 17 For 
this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall 
bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. !9But I will come to you shortly, if the 
Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 2°For the kingdom 


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of God is not in word, but in power. 2! What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in 
the spirit of meekness? 


5 


1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much 
as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have 
not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I 
verily, as absent 

in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath 
so done this deed, 4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, 
with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the 
flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. © Your glorying is not good. Know ye not 
that alittle leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be anew 
lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the 
feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened 
bread of sincerity and truth. 91 wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 1° Yet not 
altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; 
for then must ye needs go out of the world. !1 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if 
any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, 
or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are 
without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore 
put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 


6 


1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the 
saints? 2Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, 
are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much 
more things that pertain to this life? 4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set 
them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 51 speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a 
wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? © But brother goeth 
to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among 
you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather 
suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. ? Know ye 
not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, 
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, !° Nor thieves, 
nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1! And 
such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the 
Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 

12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but 
I will not be brought under the power of any. !3 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God 
shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for 
the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know 
ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make 
them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot 
is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 1” But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication 
sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost 
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 2° For ye are bought with a price: 
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. 


7 


1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her 
own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife 
unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the 
husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with 
consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that 
Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. °But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 


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7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after 
this manner, and another after that. 

8] say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if 
they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 1° And unto the married I 
command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: ™ But and if she depart, 
let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 
12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased 
to dwell with him, let him not put her away. !3 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth 
not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is 
sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children 
unclean; but now are they holy. 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister 
is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. 16 For what knowest thou, O 
wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save 
thy wife? 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him 
walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become 
uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19Circumcision is nothing, 
and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 2° Let every man abide 
in the same calling wherein he was called. #1 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if 
thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s 
freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be 
not ye the servants of men. 74 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 

25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that 
hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 261 suppose therefore that this is good for the present 
distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. 
Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a 
virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. 
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though 
they had none; 3° And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they 
rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 3! And they that use this world, as not 
abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. 32 But I would have you without carefulness. He 
that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 But 
he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is 
difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, 
that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the 
world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a 
snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of 
her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless 
he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath 
so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage 
doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 39 The wife is bound by the law as long 
as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only 
in the Lord. 4° But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the 
Spirit of God. 


8 

1Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth 
up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as 
he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. 4 As concerning therefore the 
eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the 
world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether 
in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the 
Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and 
we by him. 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol 
unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8 But 
meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we 
the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them 
that are weak. 1° For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall 


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not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 
4 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye 
sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if 
meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother 
to offend. 


9 

1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in 
the Lord? 2IfI be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship 
are ye in the Lord. 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to 
drink? 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren 
of the Lord, and Cephas? © Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7 Who goeth 
a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? 
or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith 

not the law the same also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth 
of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 1° Or saith he it altogether for our 
sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he 
that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 1 iF we have sown unto you spiritual things, 
is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 12 If others be partakers of this power over you, 
are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should 
hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the 
things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14 Even so hath the 
Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 15 But I have used none of 
these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better 
for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 1° For though I preach the gospel, I 
have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if 1 preach not the gospel! 
17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is 
committed unto me. 18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make 
the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 19 For though I be free 
from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 2° And unto the Jews 
I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I 
might gain them that are under the law; 2! To them that are without law, as without law, (being not 
without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 2? To 
the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by 
all means save some. 23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 
24Know ye not that they which run ina race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may 
obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to 
obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 261 therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight 
I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by 
any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 


10 

1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the 
cloud, and all passed through the sea; # And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank 
of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. > But with many of them God was 
not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. © Now these things were our examples, 
to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. ? Neither be ye idolaters, as were 
some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let 
us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. !° Neither 
murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11 Now all these 
things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the 
ends of the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will 
not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to 
escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 51 speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which 


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we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one 
body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. !8 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat 
of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is 
offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 2° But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they 
sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye 
cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and 
of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 23 All things are 
lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 
24Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that 
eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 2¢ For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof. 27 If 
any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, 
eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice 
unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and 
the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged 
of another man’s conscience? 3° For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for 
which I give thanks? 3! Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of 
God. 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even 
as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be 
saved. 


11 

1Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I 
delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the 
head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, 
having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth 

with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. © For 
if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or 
shaven, let her be covered. 7 For aman indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image 
and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the 
woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 1° For 
this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. 1! Nevertheless neither 
is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman 
is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves: is 
it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a 
man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for 
her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, 
neither the churches of God. 

17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but 
for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions 
among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are 
approved may be made manifest among you. 2° When ye come together therefore into one place, this 
is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 2! For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one 
is hungry, and another is drunken. 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye 
the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? 
I praise you not. 73 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord 
Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake 
it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. ”° After 
the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in 
my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 7° For as often as ye eat this bread, 
and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 2”? Wherefore whosoever shall eat this 
bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that 
eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s 
body. 3° For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge 
ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we 
should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, 
tarry one for another. *4 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto 
condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. 


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12 


1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were 
Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, 
that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus 
is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there 
are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. © And there are diversities of operations, but it 
is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to 
profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge 
by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same 
Spirit; 1° To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to 
another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: ! But all these worketh that 
one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and 
hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be 
bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but 
many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the 
body? 16 And ifthe ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the 
body? 17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were 
the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased 
him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 2° But now are they many members, yet 
but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to 
the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more 
feeble, are necessary: 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon 
these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 
24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more 
abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that 
the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the 
members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are 
the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, 
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, 
diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the 
best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. 


13 

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as 
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all 
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have 
not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my 
body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; 
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, 
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;  Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth 
in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. ® Charity 
never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall 
cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. ° For we know in part, and we prophesy in 
part. 1°But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 1! When 
I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, 
I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know 
in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. }3 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these 
three; but the greatest of these is charity. 


14 
1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. ? For he that 
speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth 
him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to 
edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; 
but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 51 would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye 
prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, 


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that the church may receive edifying. ® Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what 
shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, 
or by doctrine? 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a 
distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an 
uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue 
words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 
10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. 
4 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and 
he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. !? Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual 
gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an 
unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. ' For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, 
but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with 
the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 1° Else 
when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen 
at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 17 For thou verily givest thanks 
well, but the other is not edified. 181 thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 19 Yet in 
the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others 
also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 2° Brethren, be not children in understanding: 
howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 2! In the law it is written, With men of 
other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, 
saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe 
not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. 23 If therefore 
the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those 
that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? ?4 But if all prophesy, and there 
come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 25 And thus 
are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and 
report that God is in you of a truth. 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one 
of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all 
things be done unto edifying. 2” If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most 
by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence 
in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and 
let the other judge. 3° If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 3? And the spirits 
of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as 
in all churches of the saints. 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted 
unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they 
will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in 
the church. 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37 If any man 
think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you 
are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, 
brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 4° Let all things be done decently 
and in order. 


15 


1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have 
received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto 
you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, 
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose 
again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto 
this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8And 
last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, 
that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1° But by the grace 
of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more 
abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. ! Therefore whether it 
were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, 
how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection 
of the dead, then is Christ not risen: '4 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your 


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faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that 
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 1° For if the dead rise not, 
then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then 
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, 
we are of all men most miserable. 2° But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits 
of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: 
Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he 
shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule 
and all authority and power. 2° For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 2° The 
last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he 
saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him 
that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 2° Else what shall they do which are baptized 
for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 3° And why stand 
we in jeopardy every hour? 3!1 protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die 
daily. 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if 
the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. 33 Be not deceived: evil communications 
corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of 
God: I speak this to your shame. 


35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 3° Thou 
fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest 
not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God 
giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 3° All flesh is not the same 
flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of 
birds. 4° There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and 
the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and 
another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. 4? So also is the resurrection 
of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised 
in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: “4 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual 
body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam 
was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which 
is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 4” The first man is of the 
earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are 
earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image 
of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 5° Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and 
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. >! Behold, I 
shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling 
of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, 
and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put 
on immortality. 54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 
put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in 
victory. 550 death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and 
the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the 
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 


16 


1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even 
so do ye. 2Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered 
him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by 
your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, 
they shall go with me. 5 Now] will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass 
through Macedonia. © And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on 
my journey whithersoever I go. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with 
you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great door and effectual is 
opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 1° Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with 
you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. !! Let no man therefore despise 


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him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. 
!2 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his 
will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. !3 Watch 
ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 1 Let all your things be done with charity. 151 
beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that 
they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) !©That ye submit yourselves unto such, 
and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. 171 am glad of the coming of Stephanas and 
Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. 18 For they have 
refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. 

19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church 
that is in their house. 2° All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss. 2! The 
salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be 
Anathema Maranatha. 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24 My love be with you all in 
Christ Jesus. Amen. 


The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, 
and Timotheus. 


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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 


1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God 
which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 2 Grace be to you and peace from God 
our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we 
may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are 
comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth 
by Christ. © And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in 
the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your 
consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the 
sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of 
our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch 
that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not 
trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: !° Who delivered us from so great a death, and 
doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, 
that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our 
behalf. 

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, 
not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and 
more abundantly to you-ward. 13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or 
acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; 14 As also ye have acknowledged us 
in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be 
brought on my way toward Judaea. !” When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the 
things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and 
nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. !9 For the Son of God, Jesus 
Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and 
nay, but in him was yea. ?°For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory 
of God by us. 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who 
hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 23 Moreover I call God for a record 
upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 24 Not for that we have dominion over 
your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. 


2 


1But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make 
you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote 
this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; 
having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish 
of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the 
love which I have more abundantly unto you. > But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, 
but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. ° Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was 
inflicted of many. 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps 
such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. ® Wherefore I beseech you that ye would 
confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, 
whether ye be obedient in all things. 1°To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any 
thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; !1 Lest Satan should get 
an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. !2 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to 
preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 131 had no rest in my spirit, because 
I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 14 Now 
thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of 
his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are 
saved, and in them that perish: !°To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other 
the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not as many, which 
corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. 


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1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation 
to you, or letters of commendation from you? ? Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and 
read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, 
written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of 
the heart. 

4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves 

to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; ® Who also hath made us able 
ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit 
giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the 
children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which 
glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the 
ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in 
glory. 1° For even that which was made glorious had no glory 

in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. !! For if that which is done away was glorious, 
much more that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great 
plainness of speech: 13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could 
not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this 
day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away 
in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 1° Nevertheless 
when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 1” Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where 
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory 
of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 


4 

1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have 
renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God 
deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the 
sight of God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4In whom the god of this world 
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is 
the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and 
ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. © For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, 
hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and 
not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 1° Always bearing about in the body the 
dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. ! For we which 
live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in 
our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 13 We having the same spirit of faith, 
according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; 
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us 
with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving 
of many redound to the glory of God. 16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man 
perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. !’ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things 
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but 
the things which are not seen are eternal. 


1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, 
an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ? For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to 
be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be 
found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be 
unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5 Now he that hath wrought 
us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. © Therefore we 
are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 
7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the 
body, and to be present with the Lord. ? Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may 


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be accepted of him. 1° For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may 
receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 

11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; 
and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. !* For we commend not ourselves again unto 
you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which 
glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we 
be sober, it is for your cause. For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one 
died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth 
live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 1° Wherefore henceforth 
know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth 
know we him no more. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed 
away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself 
by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, 
reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto 
us the word of reconciliation. 2° Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech 
you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2! For he hath made him to be sin for 
us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 


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1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in 
vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured 
thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any 
thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, 
in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, >In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, 
in labours, in watchings, in fastings; © By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by 
the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of 
righteousness on the right hand and on the left, § By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good 
report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as 
chastened, and not killed; 1° As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having 
nothing, and yet possessing all things. 

110 ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in 
us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto 
my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what 
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; 
as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not 
the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and 
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 


7 

1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the 
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 31 
speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 
4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I 
am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had 
no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. © Nevertheless 
God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his 
coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest 
desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made 
you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath 
made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye 
sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage 
by us in nothing. 1° For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the 
sorrow of the world worketh death. ! For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly 
sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, 


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what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved 
yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause 
that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of 
God might appear unto you. !3 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the 
more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For if I have boasted 
any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our 
boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abundant 
toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received 
him. 61 rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. 


8 

1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 
2How that ina great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto 
the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were 
willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us 
the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their 
own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. ®Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had 
begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in 
faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in 
this grace also. 81 speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to 
prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was 
rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 1° And herein I give 
my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward 
a year ago. 1! Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may 
be a performance also out of that which ye have. ! For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted 
according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. !3 For I mean not that other men 
be eased, and ye burdened: !4 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply 
for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: 
15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no 
lack. 16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 1” For 
indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. 
18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; 
19 And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is 
administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: 2° Avoiding this, 
that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 21 Providing for honest 
things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 2? And we have sent with them 
our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, 
upon the great confidence which I have in you. 23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and 
fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, 
and the glory of Christ. 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, 
and of our boasting on your behalf. 


9 

1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 For I know 
the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a 
year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. 3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you 
should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come 
with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident 
boasting. 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto 
you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be 
ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. © But this I say, He which soweth sparingly 
shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man 
according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth 
a cheerful giver. § And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all 
sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; 
he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. !° Now he that ministereth seed to 
the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of 
your righteousness;) !! Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us 


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thanksgiving to God. 12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, 
but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; !3 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration 
they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution 
unto them, and unto all men; ™ And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding 
grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 


10 

1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am 
base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: ? But I beseech you, that I may not be bold 
when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of 
us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the 
flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down 
of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the 
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; © And having 
in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7 Do ye look on things after 
the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this 
again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s. 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of 
our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not 
be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 1° For his letters, say they, are 
weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 1! Let such an one 
think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when 
we are present. !2 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some 
that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves 
among themselves, are not wise. 13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according 
to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. ! For 
we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as 
far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that 
is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged 
by you according to our rule abundantly, !To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to 
boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand. !’ But he that glorieth, let him glory in 
the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 


11 

1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 2 For I am jealous 
over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste 
virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so 
your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth 
another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, 
or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 5 For I suppose I was not 
a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. © But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but 
we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in 
abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 81 
robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you, 
and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came 
from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so 
will [keep myself. 1° As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions 
of Achaia. 1! Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 12 But what I do, that I will do, that 
I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found 
even as we. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles 
of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no 
great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be 
according to their works. 

16] say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast 
myself a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this 
confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools 
gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 2° For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour 
you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. 211 speak as concerning 
reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) 1 am 


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bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so 
am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes 
above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes 
save one. *5 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and 
a day I have been in the deep; 2° In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils 
by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in 
perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, 
in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Beside those things that are without, 
that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? 
who is offended, and I burn not? 3°If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine 
infirmities. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth 
that I lie not. 32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with 
a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, 
and escaped his hands. 


12 


1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 21 
knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of 
the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3 AndI knew sucha 
man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 How that he was caught up 
into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. ° Of such an one 
will I glory: yet of myself! will not glory, but in mine infirmities. © For though I would desire to glory, 
I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above 
that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure 
through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of 
Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, 
that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength 
is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power 
of Christ may rest upon me. 1° Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in 
persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 

11] am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of 
you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of 
an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. !3 For 
what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome 
to you? forgive me this wrong. !4Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be 
burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, 
but the parents for the children. !5 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more 
abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. !¢ But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being 
crafty, I caught you with guile. !” Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? 18] 
desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same 
spirit? walked we not in the same steps? 19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we 
speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 2° For I fear, lest, 
when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would 
not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: 21 And 
lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have 
sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which 
they have committed. 


13 

1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word 
be established. 21 told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being 
absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if 1 come again, I will 
not spare: 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty 
in you. 4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also 
are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. 5 Examine yourselves, 
whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ 
is in you, except ye be reprobates? But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 7 Now I 
pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which 


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is honest, though we be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 
9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 
10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to 
the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. 

1 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the 
God of love and peace shall be with you. 12 Greet one another with an holy kiss. 

13 All the saints salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the 
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 


The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS 


1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised 
him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be 
to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, 
that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5To 
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

6] marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another 
gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of 
Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which 
we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. ° As we said before, so say I now again, If any man 
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 

10For do I now persuade 

men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of 
Christ. 1! But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For 
I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For ye have 
heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the 
church of God, and wasted it: 14 And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own 
nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when it pleased God, 
who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, 1° To reveal his Son in me, that 
I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17 Neither 
went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned 
again unto Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with 
him fifteen days. 19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother. 2° Now the 
things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of 
Syria and Cilicia; 22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: #3 But 
they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once 
he destroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me. 


2 

1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the 
Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, 
in vain. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And 
that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which 
we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5To whom we gave place by subjection, 
no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. © But of these who seemed 
to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) 
for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 7 But contrariwise, when they 
saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision 
was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the 
same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) ° And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to 
be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands 
of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. 1° Only they would 
that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. 11 But when Peter was 
come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. !? For before that certain 
came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated 
himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. !3 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with 
him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that 
they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If 
thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the 
Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Knowing 
that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed 
in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for 
by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 1” But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we 
ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. 18 For if I build 
again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. !9 For I through the law am dead to 


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the law, that I might live unto God. 2°1 am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ 
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved 
me, and gave himself for me. 211 do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the 
law, then Christ is dead in vain. 


10 foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes 
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, 
Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having 
begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? 
if it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, 
doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? © Even as Abraham believed God, and it 
was accounted to him for righteousness. 

7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the 
scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel 
unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed 
with faithful Abraham. ! For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is 
written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law 
to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall 
live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ 
hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is 
every one that hangeth on atree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through 
Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak after 
the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or 
addeth thereto. 1° Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, 
as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that 
was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot 
disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no 
more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was 
added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was 
ordained by angels in the hand ofa mediator. 2° Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could 
have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 2? But the scripture hath concluded 
all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards 
be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be 
justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye 
are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 2” For as many of you as have been baptized into 
Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is 
neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s 
seed, and heirs according to the promise. 


4 

1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord 
of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when 
we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fulness of the 
time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, >To redeem them that 
were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. © And because ye are sons, God hath 
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a 
servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. ? But 
now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and 
beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? !° Ye observe days, and months, and 
times, and years. 11] am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 13 Ye know 
how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. 14 And my temptation 
which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ 
Jesus. 15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, 
ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. !©AmI therefore become your 


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enemy, because I tell you the truth? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude 
you, that ye might affect them. !8 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not 
only when I am present with you. 9 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be 
formed in you, 2°I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of 
you. 

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22 For it is written, that Abraham 
had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman 
was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: 
for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which 
is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in 
bondage with her children. 2¢But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For 
it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the 
desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, 
are the children of promise. 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born 
after the Spirit, even so it is now. 3° Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman 
and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. 31 So then, 
brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. 


5 

1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again 
with the yoke of bondage. 

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify 
again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no 
effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. >For we through 
the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth 
any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you 
that ye should not obey the truth? ® This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 9A little leaven 
leaveneth the whole lump. 1°I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise 
minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. 1! And I, brethren, if I 
yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 121 
would they were even cut off which trouble you. 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only 
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 1‘ For all the law is fulfilled 
in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one 
another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye 
shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the 
flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But 
if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 2° Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such 
like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, 
gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that 
are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also 
walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. 


6 

1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit 
of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. ? Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so 
fulfil 

the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth 
himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, 
and not in another. 5 For every man shall bear his own burden. © Let him that is taught in the word 
communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for 
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh 
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us 
not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 1° As we have therefore 
opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 11 Ye 
see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. 12 As many as desire to make a fair 
shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for 


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the cross of Christ. 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have 
you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. !4 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the 
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in 
Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. !° And as 
many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 17 From 
henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 18 Brethren, the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 


Unto the Galatians written from Rome. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 


1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the 
faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual 
blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation 
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated 
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 
6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom 
we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; ? Having made known unto us the 
mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 1° That in the 
dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which 
are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 1! In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his 
own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also 
trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye 
believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance 
until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 1° Cease 
not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; !” That the God of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of 
him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his 
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding 
greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 2° Which 
he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the 
heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name 
that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 2? And hath put all things under 
his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of 
him that filleth all in all. 


2 


1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked 
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that 
now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times 
past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the 
children of wrath, even as others. 4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved 
us, °Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in 
the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through 
Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. !°For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto 
good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumci- 
sion by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were 
without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of 
promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes 
were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and 
hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, 
even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, 
so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain 
the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were 
nigh. 18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2° And 
are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner 


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stone; 21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In 
whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 


1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the 
dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made 
known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto 
the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; © That the 
Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the 
gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by 
the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace 
given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all 
men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid 
in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 1° To the intent that now unto the principalities and 
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 1! According 
to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: !2 In whom we have boldness and 
access with confidence by the faith of him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations 
for you, which is your glory. 14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to 
the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; !” That Christ may 
dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; !9 And to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to 
the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
world without end. Amen. 


4 

1] therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith 
ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, 
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and 
Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace 
according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, 
he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. ° (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also 
descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 1°He that descended is the same also that ascended up 
far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 4! And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; 
and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work 
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and 
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness 
of Christ: 4 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every 
wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, 
according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the 
edifying of itself in love. 

17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, 
in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of 
God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: !9 Who being past 
feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 2°But 
ye have not so learned 

Christ; 2! If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is inJesus: 22That 
ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful 
lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; *4 And that ye put on the new man, which after God 
is created in righteousness and true holiness. 

25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members 
one of another. 2° Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither 


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give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with 
his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29 Let no corrupt 
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may 
minister grace unto the hearers. 3° And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto 
the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be 
put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one 
another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. 


5 

1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; * And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved 
us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3 But 
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh 
saints; 4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving 
of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is 
an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. ® Let no man deceive you with 
vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. ® For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in 
the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness 
and truth;) 1° Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful 
works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 1? For it is a shame even to speak of those things which 
are done of them in secret. 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for 
whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise 
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, 
but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but 
understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but 
be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing 
and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 2° Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the 
Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head 
of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as 
the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, 
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; © That he might sanctify 
and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious 
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For 
no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave 
his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a 
great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in 
particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. 


6 
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. * Honour thy father and mother; (which 


is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long 
on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture 
and admonition of the Lord. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the 
flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; ° Not with eyeservice, as 
menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing 
service, as to the Lord, and not to men: ® Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same 
shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto 
them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of 
persons with him. 

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. ! Put on the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against 
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this 
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 3 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of 
God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, 
having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your 


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feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith 
ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 1” And take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in 
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, 
that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery 
of the gospel, 2° For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to 
speak. 

Pat But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful 
minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same 
purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. 

23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. 


Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 


1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at 
Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: * Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ. 31 thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer 
of mine for you all making request with joy, >For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until 
now; ° Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform 
it until the day of Jesus Christ: 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you 
in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all 
are partakers of my grace. 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of 
Jesus Christ. 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all 
judgment; !°That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence 
till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the 
glory and praise of God. 

12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen 
out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the 
palace, and in all other places; !4 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, 
are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and 
strife; and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to 
add affliction to my bonds: 17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. 
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and 
I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through 
your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 2° According to my earnest expectation and 
my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ 
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to 
die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 
23 For I am ina strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And having this confidence, I know that 
I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 2° That your rejoicing may 
be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. 27 Only let your conversation be 
as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of 
your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to 
you of salvation, and that of God. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe 
fy him, but also to suffer for his sake; 3° Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to 

e in me. 


Z 

11f there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, 
if any bowels and mercies, ? Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one 
accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each 
esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on 
the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: © Who, being in the form 
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took 
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: § And being found in fashion as 
aman, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore 
God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 1° That at the 
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the 
earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more 
in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in 
you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked 
and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; !¢ Holding forth the word of life; 
that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17 Yea, and 
ifI be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same 
cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. 


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19But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, 
when I know your state. 2° For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For 
all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a 
son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so 
soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and 
fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 2° For he longed after you all, 
and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick 
nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have 
sorrow upon sorrow, 281 sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may 
rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; 
and hold such in reputation: 3° Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding 
his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. 


3 

1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not 
grievous, but for you it is safe. 

2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, 
which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 
4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof 
he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of 
Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; © Concerning zeal, persecuting 
the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to 
me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of 
the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count 
them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, 
which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by 
faith: 1° That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, 
being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the 
dead. !2Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I 
may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. !3 Brethren, I count not myself 
to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching 
forth unto those things which are before, 141 press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of 
God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye 
be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already 
attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 17 Brethren, be followers together 
of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have 
told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose 
end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to 
the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. 


4 

1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the 
Lord, my dearly beloved. 21 beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind 
in the Lord. 3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me 
in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of 
life. 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all 
men. The Lord is at hand. © Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with 
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all 
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ° Finally, brethren, whatsoever 
things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, 
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be 
any praise, think on these things. 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, 
and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. 

10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; 
wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 1! Not that I speak in respect of want: for 


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I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 121 know both how to be abased, 
and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be 
hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 131 can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth 
me. !4 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. 15 Now ye 
Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church 
communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. !°For even in Thessalonica ye 
sent once and again unto my necessity. 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound 
to your account. !8 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things 
which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. 19 But 
my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 2° Now unto God and 
our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. 22 All the saints 
salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar’s household. 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you all. Amen. 


It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus. 


Colossians 1:1 869 Colossians 2:14 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS 


1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ? To the saints and 
faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always 
for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For 
the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the 
gospel; © Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, 
since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras 

our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; 8 Who also declared unto us 
your love in the Spirit. ° For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for 
you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual 
understanding; 1° That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good 
work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; !1 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious 
power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath 
made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 4 In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, 
the firstborn of every creature: 1¢For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are 
in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all 
things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that 
in all things he might have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness 
dwell; 2° And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto 
himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 2! And you, that were 
sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the 
body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, 
which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul 
am made a minister; 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of 
the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: 25 Whereof I am made a 
minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to 
his saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among 
the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and 
teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 2? Whereunto 
Talso labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. 


2 


1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many 
as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2? That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in 
love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery 
of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 
4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the 
flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your 
faith in Christ. 

6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, 
and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest 
any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments 
of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 1° And ye 
are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: !!In whomalso ye are circumcised 
with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the 
circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the 
faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins 
and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all 
trespasses; !4 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to 


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us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, 
he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. !©Let no man therefore judge you in 
meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which 
are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in 
a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, 
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 9 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints 
and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. 

20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the 
world, are ye subject to ordinances, 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with 
the using:) after the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a shew of 
wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying 
of the flesh. 


5 

1]f ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right 
hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and 
your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear 
with him in glory. 

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate 
affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: ® For which things’ sake the wrath 
of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived 
in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication 
out of your mouth. ° Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created 
him: 1! Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, 
bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, 
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; !3 Forbearing one another, 
and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do 
ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace 
of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. !°Let the 
word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and 
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. !”7 And whatsoever 

ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by 
him. 

18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love 
your wives, and be not bitter against them. 2° Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is 
well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; 
but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever 

ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 4 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive 
the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive 
for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. 


4 

1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master 
in heaven. 

2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 3 Withal praying also for us, that God 
would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 
4That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, 
redeeming the time. © Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how 
ye ought to answer every man. 

7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and 
fellowservant in the Lord: 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know 
your estate, and comfort your hearts; ? With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of 
you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 

10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom 
ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who 
are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been 


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a comfort unto me. !2Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring 
fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear 
him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 
14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, 
and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. 16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause 
that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 
17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou 
fulfil it. 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. 


Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus. 


1 Thessalonians 1:1 872 1 Thessalonians 3:7 


THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
THESSALONIANS 


1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the 
Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our 
Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of 
God. 5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in 
much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. © And ye became 
followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 
7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 8For from you sounded out the 
word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is 
spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner 
of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 
10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us 
from the wrath to come. 


2 


1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after 
that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in 
our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not 
of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with 
the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither at 
any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: © Nor of 
men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the 
apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being 
affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, 
but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and 
travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached 
unto you the gospel of God. 1° Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we 
behaved ourselves among you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged 
every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called 
you unto his kingdom and glory. 

13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God 
which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which 
effectually worketh also in you that believe. !4For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of 
God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, 
even as they have of the Jews: !5 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have 
persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 1 Forbidding us to speak to the 
Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the 
uttermost. 

17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the 
more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even 
I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. !9 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are 
not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 2° For ye are our glory and joy. 


2 


1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And 
sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to 
establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3 That no man should be moved by these 
afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily, when we were with you, 
we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 5 For this 
cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have 
tempted you, and our labour be in vain. But now when 

Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that 
ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, 


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brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we 
live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. ° For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy 
wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 1° Night and day praying exceedingly that we might 
see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now God himself and our Father, 
and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. !2 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in 
love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish 
your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 
with all his saints. 


1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have 
received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For 
ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your 
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to 
possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles 
which know not God: © That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that 
the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not 
called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. § He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but 
God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I 
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. !° And indeed ye do it toward 
all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and 
more; !! And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, 
as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may 
have lack of nothing. 

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye 
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even 
so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. '5 For this we say unto you by the word 
of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them 
which are asleep. !©For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of 
the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are 
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and 
so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 


1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. ? For yourselves 
know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, 
Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; 
and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you 
as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of 
darkness. © Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep 
sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. ® But let us, who are of the day, 
be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For 
God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, !° Who died for 
us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves 
together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 

12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the 
Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be 
at peace among yourselves. 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort 
the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 15 See that none render evil for evil 
unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 16 Rejoice 
evermore. !’ Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ 
Jesus concerning you. !9 Quench not the Spirit. 2° Despise not prophesyings. 2! Prove all things; hold 
fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify 
you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 25Brethren, pray for us. 

26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 271 charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto 
all the holy brethren. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 


The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens. 


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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
THESSALONIANS 


1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the 
Lord Jesus Christ: 2Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth 
exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 4 So that we ourselves 
glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations 
that ye endure: 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted 
worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: ° Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to 
recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, ® In flaming fire taking vengeance 
on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be 
punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because 
our testimony among you was believed) in that day. 1! Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our 
God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the 
work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in 
him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 


2 

1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering 
together unto him, ? That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, 
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for 
that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son 
of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; 
so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5Remember ye not, that, 
when I was yet with you, I told you these things? © And now ye know what withholdeth that he might 
be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will 
let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall 
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, 
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, !° And with 
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the 
truth, that they might be saved. !! And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in 
unrighteousness. 

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God 
hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the 
truth: 4Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, 
or our epistle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, 
and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and 
stablish you in every good word and work. 


1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, 
even as it is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men 
have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have 
confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 

6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves 
from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 7 For 
yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 
8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, 
that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves 
an ensample unto you to follow us. 1° For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if 
any would not work, neither should he eat. 1! For we hear that there are some which walk among you 


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disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, 
be not weary in well doing. 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and 
have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. !5 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish 
him as a brother. 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be 
with you all. 

17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. 18 The 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 


The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens. 


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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY 


1 paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is our hope; 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our 
Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 

3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest 
charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, 
which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 5 Now the end of the 
commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: ° From 
which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; 
understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. ® But we know that the law is good, if 
aman use it lawfully; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless 
and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers 
and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1° For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves 
with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that 
is contrary to sound doctrine; 1 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was 
committed to my trust. !2 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted 
me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and 
injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was 
exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy 
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1° Howbeit 
for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a 
pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 17 Now unto the King eternal, 
immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 18 This charge 
I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou 
by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put 
away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 2° Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have 
delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. 


2 

1] exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be 
made for all men; ? For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable 
life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4Who 
will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. >For there is one God, and 
one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; © Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be 
testified in due time. 7 Whereunto 

I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of 
the Gentiles in faith and verity. 81 will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, 
without wrath and doubting. 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, 
with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 1° But 
(which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 1 Let the woman learn in silence 
with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to 
be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman 
being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they 
continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. 


1 This is a true saying, If aman desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2A bishop then 
must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, 
apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not 
covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For 
if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) ®Not a 
novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must 
have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy 
lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 1° And let these also first be proved; 
then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 1! Even so must their wives be grave, 


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not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their 
children and their own houses well. !° For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to 
themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. !4 These things write 
IT unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou 
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and 
ground of the truth. 1° And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest 
in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, 
received up into glory. 


4 

1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving 
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience 
seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath 
created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every 
creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is 
sanctified by the word of God and prayer. °If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, 
thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, 
whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather 
unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having 
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. ? This is a faithful saying and worthy of all 
acceptation. 1°For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, 
who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. 

11 These things command and teach. 12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the 
believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. > Till 1 come, give attendance 
to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by 
prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself 
wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; 
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 


5 

1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder 
women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite 
their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and 
desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. © But she that 
liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, 
and is worse than an infidel. 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, 
having been the wife of one man, 1° Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, 
if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if 
she have diligently followed every good work. !! But the younger widows refuse: for when they have 
begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off 
their first faith. 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only 
idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 141 will therefore that the 
younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak 
reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. 16If any man or woman that believeth 
have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that 
are widows indeed. 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially 
they who labour in the word and doctrine. !8For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that 
treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. !9 Against an elder receive not an 
accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 2°Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may 
fear. 211 charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these 
things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands suddenly on 
no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure. 23 Drink no longer water, but use a 
little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. 24Some men’s sins are open beforehand, 
going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. 25 Likewise also the good works of some are 
manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot 

be hid. 


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1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the 
name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them 
not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and 
beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 

3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting 
about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse 
disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from 
such withdraw thyself. © But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into 
this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith 
content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful 
lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. !°For the love of money is the root of all evil: 
which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with 
many sorrows. !! But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, 
faith, love, patience, meekness. 1? Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto 

thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 131 give thee 
charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate 
witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until 
the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only 
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light 
which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and 
power everlasting. Amen. 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor 
trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they 
do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in 
store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal 
life. 200 Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, 
and oppositions of science falsely so called: 2! Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. 
Grace be with thee. Amen. 


The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana. 


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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY 


1Ppaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ 
Jesus, 2To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 31 thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without 
ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; 4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being 
mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith 
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded 
that in thee also. © Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in 
thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and 
of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of 
me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 
9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his 
own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, !° But is now made 
manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought 
life and immortality to light through the gospel: 1! Whereunto 

I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 For the which cause I 
also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am 
persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 1 Hold 
fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 
M4 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. }5 This 
thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. !6 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was 
not ashamed of my chain: 17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found 
me. !8The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things 
he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. 


2 


1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. * And the things that thou 
hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to 
teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4No man that 
warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him 
to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say; and the 
Lord give thee understanding in all things. 8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised 
from the dead according to my gospel: ? Wherein 

I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 1° Therefore I 
endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus 
with eternal glory. 1! It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If 
we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13 If we believe not, yet he 
abideth faithful: he cannot 

deny himself. 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they 
strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to shew thyself 
approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their 
word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 18 Who concerning the truth have 
erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. !9 Nevertheless 
the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let 
every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2° But in a great house there are not 
only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to 
dishonour. 2! If aman therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, 
and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 2? Flee also youthful lusts: but 
follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But 
foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the 
Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the 


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truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by 
him at his will. 


1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own 
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without 
natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 
‘Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. °For of this sort are they which creep into houses, 
and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able 
to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also 
resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no 
further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 1° But thou hast fully known 
my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 1! Persecutions, afflictions, 
which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all 
the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But 
evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14But continue thou 
in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned 
them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise 
unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 1¢ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and 
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: !” That the man 
of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 


1] charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the 
dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, 
rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure 
sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou 
in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 6 For Iam 
now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 71 have fought a good fight, I have 
finished my course, I have kept the faith: § Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, 
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them 
also that love his appearing. 

°Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: !°For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present 
world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 1 Only Luke is with 
me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. 12 And Tychicus 
have I sent to Ephesus. 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, 
and the books, but especially the parchments. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the 
Lord reward him according to his works: 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood 
our words. 16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may 
not be laid to their charge. !” Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by 
me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out 
of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me 
unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 2° Erastus abode at Corinth: but 
Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. 21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth 
thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. 2? The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy 
spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. 


The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from 
Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TITUS 


1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the 
acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot 
lie, promised before the world began; 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, 
which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 4To Titus, mine own 
son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 
our Saviour. 

5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, 
and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: © If any be blameless, the husband of one 
wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7’ For a bishop must be blameless, as the 
steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; ? Holding fast the faithful 
word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince 
the gainsayers. !° For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the 
circumcision: ! Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which 
they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The 
Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, 
that they may be sound in the faith; 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, 
that turn from the truth. 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and 
unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 1 They profess that they 
know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work 
reprobate. 


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1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, 
temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour 
as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That 
they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be 
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be 
not blasphemed. © Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7 In all things shewing thyself 
a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, § Sound speech, that 
cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say 
of you. ° Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; 
not answering again; 1° Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine 
of God our Saviour in all things. !! For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all 
men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, 
and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the 
great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all 
iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 15 These things speak, and 
exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. 


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1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to 
every good work, To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto 
all men. 3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and 
pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and 
love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy 
Ghost; ¢ Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by 
his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. § This is a faithful saying, and 
these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful 
to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. ° But avoid foolish questions, 
and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 1°A 
man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such is 
subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 


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12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for 
I have determined there to winter. !3 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, 
that nothing be wanting unto them. !4 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary 
uses, that they be not unfruitful. 15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the 
faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. 


It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia. 


Philemon 1 883 Philemon 25 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO PHILEMON 


1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and 
fellowlabourer, 2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy 
house: 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

4] thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 Hearing of thy love and faith, 
which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; © That the communication of thy faith 
may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For 
we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, 
brother. § Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 
9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner 
of Jesus Christ. 1°I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 1! Which in 
time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: 
thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in 
thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14 But without thy mind would 
I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he 
therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 Not now as a servant, but 
above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, 
and in the Lord? !7If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he hath wronged 
thee, or oweth 

thee ought, put that on mine account; !9I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: 
albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 2° Yea, brother, let me 
have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 

21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I 
say. 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto 
you. 

23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; #4 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, 
Lucas, my fellowlabourers. 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 


Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus, a servant. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS 


1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom 
also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, 
and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down 
on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by 
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any 
time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall 
be to me a Son? © And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let 
all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his 
ministers a flame of fire. 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre 
of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. ° Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; 
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. !° And, 
Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of 
thine hands: 1! They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 
12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy 
years shall not fail. 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make 
thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them 
who shall be heirs of salvation? 


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1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any 
time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression 
and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great 
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that 
heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and 
gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? 

5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. ® But one 
ina certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that 
thou visitest him? 7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and 
honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under 
his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But 
now we see not yet all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the 
angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should 
taste death for every man. !° For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, 
in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 
4 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not 
ashamed to call them brethren, !? Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the 
church will I sing praise unto thee. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold! and the 
children which God hath given me. !4Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, 
he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the 
power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime 
subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of 
Abraham. 1’ Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might 
be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of 
the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are 
tempted. 


1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest 
of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful 
in all his house. 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath 
builded the house hath more honour than the house. 4For every house is builded by some man; but he 
that built all things is God. 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony 
of those things which were to be spoken after; © But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house 
are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. ” Wherefore (as 


Hebrews 3:8 885 Hebrews 6:3 


the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, 
in the day of temptation in the wilderness: ? When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my 
works forty years. 1°Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their 
heart; and they have not known my ways. !1SoI sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 
12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living 
God. 3 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the 
deceitfulness of sin. 14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence 
stedfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as 
in the provocation. 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of 
Egypt by Moses. 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, 
whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his 
rest, but to them that believed not? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. 


1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem 
to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached 
did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed 
do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although 
the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the 
seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. > And in this place again, 
If they shall enter into my rest. ° Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they 
to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, 
saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your 
hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. !°For he that is entered into his rest, he also 
hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. !1 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, 
lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and 
sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the 
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any 
creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with 
whom we have to do. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, 
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
help in time of need. 


1For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he 
may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them 
that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof 
he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto 
himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made 
an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. © As he saith 
also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 7 Who in the days of his 
flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was 
able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; ® Though he were a Son, yet learned he 
obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal 
salvation unto all them that obey him; 1° Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. 

11 0f whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For 
when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first 
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. !4But strong 
meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised 
to discern both good and evil. 


1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying 
again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of 
baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this 


Hebrews 6:4 886 Hebrews 7:28 


will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of 
the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, 
and the powers of the world to come, © If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; 
seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. ’ For the earth 
which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom 
it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and 
is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, 
and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 1° For God is not unrighteous to forget 
your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to 
the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the 
full assurance of hope unto the end: !2 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith 
and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear 
by no greater, he sware by himself, !4 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will 
multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily 
swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein 

God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, 
confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, 
we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 
19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that 
within the veil; 2° Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever 
after the order of Melchisedec. 


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1For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning 
from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; ?To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; 
first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of 
peace; 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of 
life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. 4 Now consider how great this man 
was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 5 And verily they that are of 
the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the 
people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: 
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had 
the promises. 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. 8 And here men that die 
receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And as I may so say, 
Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. !° For he was yet in the loins of his father, 
when Melchisedec met him. 1 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it 
the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order 
of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? ! For the priesthood being changed, there 
is made of necessity a change also of the law. !3 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to 
another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out 
of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident: 
for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 16 Who is made, not after the 
law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. 1” For he testifieth, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment 
going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but 
the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 2° And inasmuch as not 
without an oath he was made priest: 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an 
oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after 
the order of Melchisedec:) 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 23 And they 
truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: 24 But this 
man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Wherefore he is able also to 
save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for 
them. 2°For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and 
made higher than the heavens; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, 
first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 28 For 
the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the 
law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. 


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1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set 
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; ? A minister of the sanctuary, and of 
the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer 
gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 4 For if he 
were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the 
law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God 
when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to 
the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. © But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by 
how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 
8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new 
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that 
I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of 
Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. !°For this 
is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my 
laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to 
me a people: !! And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, 
Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their 
unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. !3In that he saith, Anew 
covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. 


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1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly 

sanctuary. ? For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, 
and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which 
is called the Holiest of all; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round 
about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the 
tables of the covenant; 5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we 
cannot 

now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into 
the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 7 But into the second went the high priest alone 
once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: 
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while 
as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were 
offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to 
the conscience; !° Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, 
imposed on them until the time of reformation. 1! But Christ being come an high priest of good things 
to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this 
building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the 
holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the 
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: !4 How much more 
shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge 
your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the 
new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the 
first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where 
a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 1” For a testament is of force 
after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength 

at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 
19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of 
calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the 
people, 2° Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 2! Moreover he 
sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things 
are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore 
necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly 
things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places 
made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence 
of God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy 


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place every year with blood of others; 2° For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of 
the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of 
himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was 
once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time 
without sin unto salvation. 


1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never 
with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 
2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should 
have had no more conscience of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins 
every year. ‘For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. > Wherefore 
when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast 
thou prepared me: © In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said 
I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he 
said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst 
pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; ° Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He 
taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 1° By the which will we are sanctified through 
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 1! And every priest standeth daily ministering and 
offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had 
offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; !3 From henceforth expecting 
till his enemies be made his footstool. 14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are 
sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 1° This is 
the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their 
hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 2° By a new 
and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 2! And having 
an high priest over the house of God; 2? Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, 
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let 
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let 
us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of 
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye 
see the day approaching. 26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, 
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 2” But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery 
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy 
under two or three witnesses: 2? Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought 
worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, 
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 3° For 
we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And 
again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great 
fight of afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and 
partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. *4For ye had compassion of me in 
my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven 
a better and an enduring substance. °5 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great 
recompence of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye 
might receive the promise. 3’ For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the 
soul. 


1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ? For by it the elders 
obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of 
God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered 
unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, 
God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he 
should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation 


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he had this testimony, that he pleased God. © But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he 
that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 
7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the 
saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which 
is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive 
for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. ° By faith he sojourned in 
the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with 
him of the same promise: !° For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker 
is God. ' Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a 
child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore sprang 
there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand 
which is by the sea shore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they 
were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek 
acountry. 5 And truly, ifthey had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might 
have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: 
wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 1’ By faith 
Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his 
only begotten son, !8 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God 
was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. 2° By faith 
Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed 
both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he 
died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning 
his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they 
saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. 24 By faith Moses, 
when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; 25 Choosing rather to 
suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 2° Esteeming the 
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence 
of the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing 
him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that 
destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: 
which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 3°By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they 
were compassed about seven days. 3! By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed 
not, when she had received the spies with peace. 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would 
fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and 
of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, 
stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of 
weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women 
received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that 
they might obtain a better resurrection: 3¢ And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, 
moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, 
were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, 
tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and 
in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received 
not the promise: 4° God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be 
made perfect. 


12 


1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set 
before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before 
him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and 
faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten 
the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening 
of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: ® For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; 
for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all 


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are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which 
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father 
of spirits, and live? 1° For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for 
our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 1! Now no chastening for the present seemeth to 
be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto 
them which are exercised thereby. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble 
knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but 
let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the 
Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing 
up trouble 

a and thereby many be defiled; 1° Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who 
for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. !” For ye know how that afterward, when he would have 
inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it 
carefully with tears. !8 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned 
with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the 
voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them 
any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch 
the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 2! And so terrible 

was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and 

unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 3 To 
the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge 
of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, 
and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not 
him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not 
we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 2 Whose voice then shook the earth: 
but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27 And 
this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are 
made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom 
which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and 
godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire. 


13 


1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have 
entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them 
which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the 
bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without 
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor 
forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do 
unto me. 

7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose 
faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, 
and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that 
the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been 
occupied therein. 1° We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 
11For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, 
are burned without the camp. !2 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own 
blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his 
reproach. ! For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. !5 By him therefore let us 
offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 1” Obey 
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that 
must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 

18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19 But I 
beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 2° Now the God of peace, 
that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood 
of the everlasting covenant, 2! Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that 
which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you 


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in few words. 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I 
will see you. 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. 
25 Grace be with you all. Amen. 


Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy. 


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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES 


1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, 
greeting. 

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying 
of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and 
entire, wanting nothing. 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, 
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. © But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that 
wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. ’ For let not that man think that he 
shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. ° Let the brother 
of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 1° But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower 
of the grass he shall pass away. 1! For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth 
the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the 
rich man fade away in his ways. !? Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, 
he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. !3 Let no man 
say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth 
he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15Then 
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. !°Do 
not err, my beloved brethren. !”Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down 
from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will 
begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and 
superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your 
souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any bea 
hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he 
beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But 
whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, 
but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 2°If any man among you seem to be 
religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 2” Pure 
religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their 
affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 


1My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 
2For ifthere come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also 
a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto 
him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 
4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5 Hearken, my beloved 
brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he 
hath promised to them that love him? © But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, 
and draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which 
ye are called? 8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as 
transgressors. !0For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet 
if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be 
judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; 
and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath 
faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 45 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily 
food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye 
give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? !”7 Even so faith, if it hath 
not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy 
faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. !9 Thou believest that there is one 
God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 2°But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith 
without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac 
his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made 


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perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto 
him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is 
justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she 
had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit 
is dead, so faith without works is dead also. 


1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. ? For 
in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to 
bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn 
about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce 
winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. > Even 
so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire 
kindleth! © And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it 
defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every 
kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed 
of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith 
bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of 
God. 1° Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not 
so to be. 1! Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, 
my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. 
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation 
his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory 
not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, 
devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 1” But the wisdom 
that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good 
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of 
them that make peace. 


4 

1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war 
in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and 
war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may 
consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the 
world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do 
ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? © But he giveth 
more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit 
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he 
will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be 
afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 1 Speak not evil one of another, 
brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and 
judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one 
lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 

13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, 
and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your 
life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought 
to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all 
such rejoicing is evil. 1” Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. 


5 

1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches 
are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of 
them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure 
together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which 
is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears 
of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished 
your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. © Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist 
you. 


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7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth 
for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter 
rain. 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not 
one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of 
suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard 
of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender 
mercy. !2But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither 
by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any 
among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 141s any sick among you? let 
him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name 
of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he 
have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 1° Confess your faults one to another, and pray one 
for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: 
and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the 
truth, and one convert him; 2° Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his 
way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 


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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER 


1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, 
Asia, and Bithynia, * Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of 
the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be 
multiplied. 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy 
hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To 
an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold 
temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, 
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of 
Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye 
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of 
your souls. !° Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied 
of the grace that should come unto you: !! Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ 
which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that 
should follow. !2 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister 
the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with 
the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 13 Wherefore gird 
up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you 
at the revelation of Jesus Christ; !4 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the 
former lusts in your ignorance: !5 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner 
of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 1’ And if ye call on the Father, who 
without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning 
here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver 
and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious 
blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 2° Who verily was foreordained before 
the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 2! Who by him do believe 
in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in 
God. 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love 
of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of 
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all 
flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower 
thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the 
gospel is preached unto you. 


1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have 
tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, 
but chosen of God, and precious, ° Ye also, as lively 

stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable 
to God by Jesus Christ. © Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief 
corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you 
therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the 
builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock 
of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were 
appointed. ° But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; 
that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous 
light: 1° Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained 
mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war 
against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak 
against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day 
of visitation. 


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13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as 
supreme; 4 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and 
for the praise of them that do well. 15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence 
the ignorance of foolish men: !¢ As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as 
the servants of God. 1” Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 18 Servants, 
be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For 
this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 2°For what 
glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, 
and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. #1 For even hereunto were ye called: 
because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did 
no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he 
suffered, he threatened not; but committed himselfto him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self 
bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: 
by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the 
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 


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1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they 
also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste 
conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, 
and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that 
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of 
great price. >For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned 
themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him 
lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, 
ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker 
vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 8 Finally, be 
ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not 
rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto 
called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 1° For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain 
his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him 
seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto 
their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for 
righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify 
the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a 
reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas 
they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation 
in Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, 
being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached 
unto the spirits in prison; 2° Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God 
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved 
by water. 2! The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the 
filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 
22 who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being 
made subject unto him. 


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1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same 
mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2? That he no longer should live the 
rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may 
suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of 
wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run 
not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is 
ready to judge the quick and the dead. © For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that 
are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the 
spirit. 


1 Peter 4:7 897 1 Peter 5:14 


7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above 
all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use 
hospitality one to another without grudging. 1° As every man hath received the gift, even so minister 
the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. !! If any man speak, let him 
speak as the oracles of God; ifany man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God 
in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange 
thing happened unto you: !3 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when 
his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14If ye be reproached for the name 
of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken 
of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an 
evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. 1 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be 
ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 1” For the time is come that judgment must begin at the 
house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore 
let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, 
as unto a faithful Creator. 


1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of 
Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among 
you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready 
mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the 
chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, ye 
younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed 
with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. ® Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in 
the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have 
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 11 To him be glory and dominion 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and 
testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13 The church that is at Babylon, elected 
together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. ! Greet ye one another with a kiss of 
charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 


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THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER 


1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith 
with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2Grace and peace be multiplied 
unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath 
given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath 
called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: 
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in 
the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue 
knowledge; © And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, 
and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that 
he was purged from his old sins. 1° Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling 
and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered 
unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye 
know them, and be established in the present truth. 1 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this 
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this 
my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may 
be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. 16 For we have not followed 
cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. !” For he received from God the Father honour and glory, 
when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 
well pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy 
mount. 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto 
alight that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2° Knowing 
this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came 
not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 


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1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among 
you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring 
upon themselves swift destruction. ? And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom 
the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words 
make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation 
slumbereth not. 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and 
delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old world, 
but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world 
of the ungodly; © And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with 
an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered 
just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among 
them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) ? The 
Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished: 1° But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and 
despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the 
things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; !3 And shall receive 
the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are 
and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; '4 Having 
eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have 
exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are 
gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of 
the prophet. 1” These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the 


2 Peter 2:18 899 2 Peter 3:18 


mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure 
through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who 
live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for 
of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2° For if after they have escaped 
the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again 
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2! For it had 
been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to 
turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according 
to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her 
wallowing in the mire. 


1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of 
remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, 
and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there 
shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise 
of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning 
of the creation. ° For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were 
of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: © Whereby the world that then was, 
being overflowed with water, perished: ’ But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same 
word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, 
and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count 
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come 
to repentance. !0But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens 
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the 
works that are therein shall be burned up. 1! Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, !2 Looking for and hasting unto 
the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens anda 
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, 
be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the 
longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom 
given unto him hath written unto you; 1° As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in 
which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as 
they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. !” Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know 
these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own 
stedfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him 
be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 


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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN 


1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which 
we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, 
and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also 
may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and 
in him is no darkness at all. °If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, 
and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with 
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8If we say that we have no sin, 
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. °If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive 
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1° If we say that we have not sinned, we make 
him a liar, and his word is not in us. 


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1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an 
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not 
for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if 
we keep his commandments. ‘He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, 
and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: 
hereby know we that we are in him. © He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, 
even as he walked. 

7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from 
the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, 
a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness 
is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in 
darkness even until now. !°He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion 
of stumbling in him. 1! But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and 
knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 121 write unto you, little 
children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. 131 write unto you, fathers, because 
ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome 
the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 11 have written 
unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, 
young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the 
wicked one. 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, 
the love of the Father is not in him. 1° For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of 
the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, 
and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are 
there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they 
were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went 
out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 2° But ye have an unction from the 
Holy One, and ye know all things. 2!1 have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but 
because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is 
the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the 
same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore 
abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning 
shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that 
he hath promised us, even eternal life. 2° These things have I written unto you concerning them that 
seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that 
any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and 
even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when 
he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If ye know 
that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. 


1 John 3:1 901 1John 4:21 
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1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons 
of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we 
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth 
himself, even as he is pure. 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the 
transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no 
sin. © Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known 
him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is 
righteous. ®He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this 
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is 
born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born 
of God. 1°In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not 
righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1! For this is the message that ye 
heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. !2 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, 
ae slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s 
righteous. 


13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 We know that we have passed from death unto 
life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth 
his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1° Hereby 
perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives 
for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth 
up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let 
us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of 
the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 2° For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than 
our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence 
toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and 
do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe 
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that 
keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in 
us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 


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1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false 
prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth 
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is 
come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should 
come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: 
because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore 
speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. © We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth 
us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 


7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and 
knoweth God. ®He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9In this was manifested the love of 
God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through 
him. 1°Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation 
for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God 
at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know 
we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and 
do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that 
Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the 
love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he 
is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear 
hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 
201f a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom 
he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 2! And this commandment have we from 
him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 


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1whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat 
loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we 
love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: 
and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and 
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, 
but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? © This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus 
Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because 
the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy 
Ghost: and these three are one. ® And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the 
water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of 
God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. !°He that believeth on 
the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because 
he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 1! And this is the record, that God hath given to 
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the 
Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son 
of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son 
of God. !4 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his 
will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the 
petitions that we desired of him. 16If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall 
ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say 
that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. !8 We know that 
whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked 
one toucheth him not. !9 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know 


him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and 
eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 


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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN 


1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all 
they that have known the truth; ? For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for 
ever. 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the 
Son of the Father, in truth and love. 

4T rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment 
from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, 
but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. © And this is love, that we walk 
after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye 
should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ 
is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. ® Look to yourselves, that we lose not those 
things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and 
abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath 
both the Father and the Son. 1° If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him 
not into your house, neither bid him God speed: !! For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his 
evil deeds. 

12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come 
unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. 
Amen. 


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THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN 


1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 

2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul 
prospereth. 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, 
even as thou walkest in the truth. 41 have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 6 Which have 
borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a 
godly sort, thou shalt do well: 7 Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the 
Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. 

91 wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, 
receiveth us not. !° Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us 
with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and 
forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 

11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but 
he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: 
yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. 

13] had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 14 But I trust I shall 
shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the 
friends by name. 


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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE 


1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, 
and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for 
me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once 
delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old 
ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and 
denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 51 will therefore put you in remembrance, though 
ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward 
destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own 
habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of 
eternal fire. 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of 
dignities. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of 
Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 1° But these 
speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in 
those things they corrupt themselves. 1! Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and 
ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These 
are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds 
they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, 
plucked up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, 
to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, 
prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 5 To execute 
judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which 
they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against 
him. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh 
great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage. 

17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus 
Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their 
own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 2°But ye, 
beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves 
in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have 
compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even 
the garment spotted by the flesh. 

24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence 
of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion 
and power, both now and ever. Amen. 


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THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which 
must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare 
record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed 
is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are 
written therein: for the time is at hand. 4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto 
you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits 
which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten 
of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, ® And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and 
dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and 
they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 
8 Tam Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and 
which is to come, the Almighty. 

91 John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience 
of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus 
Christ. 1° 1 was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 
4 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and 
send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, 
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 1 And I turned to see 
the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of 
the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt 
about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; 
and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; 
and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of 
his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 
Fear not; I am the first and the last: 181 am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for 
evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 

19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be 
hereafter; 2° The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden 
candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which 
thou sawest are the seven churches. 


2 

1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars 
in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and 
thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried 
them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast 
patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat 
against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, 
and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick 
out of his place, except thou repent. © But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, 
which I also hate. 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him 
that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 

8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which 
was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know 
the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. !° Fear 
none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that 
ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that 
overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp 
sword with two edges; 13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and 
thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was 
my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. '4 But I have a few things 


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against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to 
cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit 
fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 1° 
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh 
will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name 
written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 


18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath 
his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, 
and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 2° 
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which 
calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat 
things sacrificed unto idols. 21 AndI gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, 
except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall 
know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according 
to your works. 24 But unto you! say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, 
and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. 
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my 
works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of 
iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28 And 
I will give him the morning star. 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 


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1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits 
of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy 
works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, 
and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know 
what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their 
garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh, the same 
shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will 
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. © He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is 
true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man 
openeth; 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for 
thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. ? Behold, I will make 
them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make 
them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. !° Because thou hast 
kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon 
all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 1! Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which 
thou hast, that no man take thy crown. !2 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of 
my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name 
of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I 
will write upon him my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 

M4 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful 
and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 
nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor 
hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. !” Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and 
have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, 
and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white 
raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint 
thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous 
therefore, and repent. 2° Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open 
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 2! To him that overcometh will 


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I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his 
throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 


4 

1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was 
as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which 
must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and 
one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there 
was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne 
were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white 
raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings 
and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are 
the seven Spirits of God. © And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the 
midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And 
the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, 
and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about 
him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and 
thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, !°The four and twenty elders fall 
down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their 
crowns before the throne, saying, 1! Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: 
for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 


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1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, 
sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to 
open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under 
the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man 
was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith 
unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the 
book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. ® And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the 
four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and 
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the 
book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the 
four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and 
golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou 
art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to 
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 1° And hast made us unto 
our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 1! And I beheld, and I heard the voice of 
many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten 
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; !2 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the 
Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, 
and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and 
such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and 
powes be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14 And the four 
easts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever 

and ever. 


1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, 
one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. ? And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat 
on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there 
went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from 
the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5 And 
when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a 
black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst 
of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and 
see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of 
the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on 


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him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of 
the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. ° And 
when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word 
of God, and for the testimony which they held: !° And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, 
O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 
4 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest 
yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they 
were, should be fulfilled. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great 
earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the 
stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of 
a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain 
and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the 
rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid 
themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 1¢ And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall 
on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 


7 

1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the 
four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried 
with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, 
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their 
foreheads, 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and 
forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve 
thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve 
thousand. © Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed 
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were 
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were 
sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph 
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 9 After this I beheld, 
and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and 
tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their 
hands; 1° And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and 
unto the Lamb. " And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four 
beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, !2 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and 
glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and 
ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in 
white robes? and whence came they? 1 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, 
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white 
in the blood of the Lamb. 5 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night 
in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. !6They shall hunger no more, 
neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. !7 For the Lamb which is in 
the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 


8 

1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an 
hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him 
much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was 
before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended 
up before God out of the angel’s hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, 
and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast 
upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 And the 
second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the 
third part of the sea became blood; ? And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had 


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life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 1° And the third angel sounded, and there 
fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, 
and upon the fountains of waters; 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part 
of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the 
moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone 
not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the 
midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of 
the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! 


1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given 
the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the 
pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of 
the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, 
as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt 
the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not 
the seal of God in their foreheads. 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that 
they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he 
striketh a man. © And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, 
and death shall flee from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto 
battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had 
breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots 
of many horses running to battle. 1° And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in 
their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. !! And they had a king over them, which is 
the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue 
hath his name Apollyon. !? One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. 

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is 
before God, !4 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound 
in the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and 
a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 16 And the number of the army of the 
horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw 
the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and 
brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire 
and smoke and brimstone. 18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the 
smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 19 For their power is in their mouth, 
and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. 
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their 
hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of 
wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of 
their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. 


1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was 
upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2? And he had in his 
hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 And cried 
with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, ¢ And 
sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and 
the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there 
should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to 
sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. § And 
the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which 
is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto 
the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it 
shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. !° And I took the little book out 


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of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten 
it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and 
nations, and tongues, and kings. 


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1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure 
the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the 
temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they 
tread under foot forty and two months. 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall 
prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4These are the two olive 
trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. > And if any man will hurt them, 
fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he 
must in this manner be killed. © These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their 
prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, 
as often as they will. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth 
out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. ® And 
their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, 
where also our Lord was crucified. 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations 
shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in 
graves. 19 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send 
gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 1! And after 
three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; 
and great fear fell upon them which saw them. !? And they heard a great voice from heaven saying 
unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld 
them. 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the 
earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the 
God of heaven. !4The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. 15 And the seventh 
angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become 
the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and 
twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, !” Saying, 
We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast 
taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, 
and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy 
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest 
destroy them which destroy the earth. 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was 
seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, 
and an earthquake, and great hail. 


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1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under 
her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in 
birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great 
red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew 
the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the 
woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. > And she 
brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught 
up unto God, and to his throne. © And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place 
prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And 
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought 
and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. ° And the great 
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: 
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 1° And I heard a loud voice 
saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of 
his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and 
night. 4 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and 
they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. 
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great 
wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was 


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cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 4 And to the woman 
were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she 
is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent 
cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away 
of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up 
the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. !” And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and 
went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the 
testimony of Jesus Christ. 


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1AndI stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and 
ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast 
which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth 
of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his 
heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after 
the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped 
the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given 
unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue 
forty and two months. © And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, 
and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the 
saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life 
of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 1°He that 
leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the 
sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 1! And I beheld another beast coming up out 
of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the 
power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to wor 
the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. !3 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maket 
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the 
earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them 
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, 
and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast 
should both speak, and cause that as many as would 

not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 1° And he causeth all, both small and great, 
rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that 
no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his 
name. !8Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the 
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. 


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1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four 
thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as 
the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping 
with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, 
and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which 
were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are 
virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from 
among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: 
for they are without fault before the throne of God. 

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto 
them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, ” Saying with 
a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him 
that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8 And there followed another 
angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine 
of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any 
man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, ©The same 
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his 
indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and 
in the presence of the Lamb: !! And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and 


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they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the 
mark of his name. !2 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments 
of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are 
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labours; and their works do follow them. 

14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, 
having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of 
the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for 
the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud 
thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple 
which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which 
had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy 
sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the 
angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great 
winepress of the wrath of God. 2° And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out 
of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. 


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1 AndI saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; 
for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and 
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the 
number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of 
Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord 
God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and 
glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy 
judgments are made manifest. 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of 
the testimony in heaven was opened: © And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven 
plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And 
one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth 
for ever and ever. ® And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; 
and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 


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1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour 
out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon 
the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, 
and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; 
and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the third angel 
poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. 5 And I heard the 
angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast 
judged thus. © For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood 
to drink; for they are worthy. 7? And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, 
true and righteous are thy judgments. 8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and 
power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9? And men were scorched with great heat, and 
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give 
him glory. 1° And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was 
full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because 
of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. !2 And the sixth angel poured out his 
vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of 
the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the 
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. !4For they are the 
spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, 
to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed 
is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he 
gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 17 And the seventh 
angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from 
the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was 
a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so 


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great. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great 
Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his 
wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 2! And there fell upon mena 
great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of 
the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. 


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1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying 
unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many 
waters: ? With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the 
earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit 
into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, 
having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and 
decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations 
and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON 
THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. © And I saw the woman 
drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, 
I wondered with great admiration. ? And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will 
tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and 
ten horns. ® The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and 
go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the 
book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet 
is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the 
woman sitteth. 1° And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; 
and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he 
is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. !2 And the ten horns which thou sawest 
are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the 
beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. !4 These shall 
make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: 
and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 15 And he saith unto me, The waters 
which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her 
desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 1” For God hath put in their hearts 
to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be 
fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the 
earth. 


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1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the 
earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the 
great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and 
a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her 
fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of 
the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from 
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive 
not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup 
which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, 
so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and 
shall see no sorrow. ® Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; 
and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings 
of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and 
lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, !° Standing afar off for the fear of her 
torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment 
come. !! And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their 
merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and 
fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and 
all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and 
odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and 


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sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 4 And the fruits that thy soul lusted 
after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, 
and thou shalt find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by 
her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, !° And saying, Alas, alas, that 
great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious 
stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all 
the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 And cried when they 
saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 19 And they cast dust on 
their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich 
all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 2° Rejoice 
over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 2! Anda 
mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence 
shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of 
harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no 
craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone 
shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and 
the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants 
were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found 
the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. 


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1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, 
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: ? For true and righteous are his judgments: 
for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged 
the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever 
and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat 
on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. > And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all 
ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. © And I heard as it were the voice of a great 
multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: 
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the 
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she 
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And 
he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And 
he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 1° And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he 
said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony 
of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. !1 And I saw heaven opened, 
and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness 
he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and 
he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped 
in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed: hint 
upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, 
that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the 
winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh 
a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that 
fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the 
flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small 
and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to 
make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 2° And the beast was taken, and 
with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had 
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into 
a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 2! And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat 
upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 


1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain 
in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound 
him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, 


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that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that 
he must be loosed a little season. 4 And saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given 
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of 
God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon 
their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. > But the 
rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, 
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when 
the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive 
the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to 
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, 
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out 
of heaven, and devoured them. !° And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and 
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever 
and ever. 

1 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven 
fled away; and there was found no place for them. !2 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before 
God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead 
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the 
sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: 
and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the 
lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was 
cast into the lake of fire. 


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1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; 
and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of 
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, 
and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their 
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make 
all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. ¢ And he said unto 
me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst 
of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his 
God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, 
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which 
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last 
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 1° And 
he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy 
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a 
stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; !2 And had a wall great and high, and had 
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the 
twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south 
three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in 
them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to 
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. !¢ And the city lieth foursquare, and the 
length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The 
length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred 
and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18 And the building of 
the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19 And the foundations of 
the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; 
the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 2° The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, 
sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the 
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several 
gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw 
no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had 
no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb 


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is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the 
kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. #5 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all 
by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations 
into it. 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh 
abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. 


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1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God 
and of the Lamb. 2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of 
life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree 
were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of 
the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name 
shall be in their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light 
of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. 

6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent 
his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. 7 Behold, I come quickly: 
blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John saw these things, and 
heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which 
shewed me these things. ? Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and 
of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 1° And 
he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11 He that 
is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, 
let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 2 And, behold, I come quickly; and 
my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13 Iam Alpha and Omega, 
the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that 
they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 5 For without 
are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and 
maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the 
root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, 
Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let 
him take the water of life freely. 

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall 
add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any 
man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of 
the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 2°He which 
testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of 
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.